Even though I'm not retired, something to look forward to? I know people who will end up doing this...
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Sunny Eberhart, 77, a retired eye doctor, who goes by Nimblewill Nomad, lives mostly out of his pickup truck because, well, why not?
“Put me in the great outdoors, preferably the mountains, and you’ve got a happy camper,” said Dr. Eberhart. (He uses his niece’s home in Missouri as a mailing address and occasionally swings by to pick up his mail.)
Most of these adventurers do it on the cheap, living off Social Security and incurring minimal expenses. Ms. Bray spent about $3,000, with airfare, on the trip to Spain; Mr. Roberts’s biggest costs have been replacing equipment that was lost, stolen or ruined along the way.
The lure of adventure also motivates people to stay strong. To prep for his excursions, George MacNaughton, 70, a former executive in Nahant, Mass., hits the gym a couple of times a week and does chores outside. He derives as much pleasure from planning a trip as actually taking it; he can easily spend a month poring over maps, checking out the latest equipment, calculating mileages and projecting times for any given trail.
“I’m racing to beat the aging cartilage in my knees,” said Mr. MacNaughton, who has been retired for about 15 years and has nine children. Last year he hiked and camped in Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior; and MacNaughton Mountain (no relation) in the Adirondacks; canoed on the Androscoggin River in New Hampshire; and backpacked the Wonderland Trail around Mount Rainier in Washington with Fitpacking, an adventure travel company.
Living the dream...
Posted by: June | Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 01:37 AM