{"id":51062,"date":"2022-04-01T00:03:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T00:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=51062"},"modified":"2022-04-01T00:03:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T00:03:43","slug":"retirement-journey-finds-new-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=51062","title":{"rendered":"Retirement journey finds new path"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n\r\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/RV.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51063\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/RV-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/RV-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/RV.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The retirement journey on which my wife and I have been traveling today took a needed, but still curious, turn. We downsized in a fairly significant way, vacating our 29-foot fifth wheel RV and obtaining a 21-foot travel trailer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We are relearning some tricks on how to travel with decidedly less space than we had before. It&#8217;s all good.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We purchased our fifth wheel in 2018 when it was new. It was the second such vehicle we owned; our first fifth wheel didn&#8217;t serve us well as it kept breaking. The second vehicle is a gem, but it had begun wearing out.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Why wouldn&#8217;t it? We took it to both coasts. To the Great Lakes. Through the western half of Canada. We have visited about 30 state parks in Texas. We put a whole lot of miles on it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>It was time to bid so long to our fifth wheel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Today we took possession of our travel trailer. We hook it up to the rear bumper of our pickup. It will take a bit of adjustment to learn how to pull it. However, the years of experience we racked up with our previous RVs prepared us for the change that awaits.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We have no qualms about this new stage of our retirement journey.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The road remains wide open. We intend to explore as much of it as we can.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"mailto:johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com\">johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\r\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The retirement journey on which my wife and I have been traveling today took a needed, but still curious, turn. We downsized in a fairly significant way, vacating our 29-foot fifth wheel RV and obtaining a 21-foot travel trailer. 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