Traveling in Retirement We've always loved to travel.  Early in our lives, we started a "Travel Fund".  Every month, we'd put $200 into a special account, bank our vacation, and read travel magazines (pre internet) for location ideas.  We also got great ideas from traveling friends.  Everywhere was somewhere we…

We were on the Milford Trek in New Zealand some years ago and it was pouring rain.  We decided to throw on our jackets and go for a walk.  While hiking, we ran into a German couple that was also doing the Milford Trek.  They just smiled and said, "No…

We've done OK in saving and investing for retirement.  We're trying to retire early but we're not extremely early.  I'm targeting 50ish and Jill is looking at 55ish.  Same retirement date, Jill is just a little older than me.  :)  (And no, retirement savings tip #1 is not to find…