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I Waited 53 Years to Raft the Grand Canyon. It Was Worth Every Minute.
Some bucket list dreams take a lifetime Fifty-three years ago I stood at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Adventurers in rubber rafts floated into view, screaming in delight as they surged through the the Colorado River’s Hermit Creek Rapids. I remember thinking, "Someday I'm going to raft that river." This June, at age 77, I finally did. If you've…...
Top Retirement Towns
Maryville, Tennessee is a small college town of 23,000 that also happens to be only 15 miles from a much bigger college town - Knoxville (home of the University of Tennessee). This small town has all of the things that make Tennessee retirements so appealing - low taxes and cost of living, small town living, and outstanding recreation opportunities with…...
Lady Lake is a small town of about 15,000 in north-central Florida, just above Leesburg. There are many lakes in the area. Lady Lake has one of the highest average ages we have seen - 68. To find out more about this vicinity, see our review of Leesburg....
Buena Vista is a community in central Colorado with a population of under 5,000. It rings the "banana belt" of Colorado, an area known for its mild winters. Buena Vista is popular for rafting, whitewater rafting, and flyfishing in the Arkansas River. Hunters are attracted by elk and deer in the winter months. Buena Vista is Spanish for "beautiful view."...
Ithaca is a town of 30,000 located on the shores of Cayuga Lake, one of New York’s finger lakes. Home of the Ivy League's Cornell University, Ithaca makes an ideal retirement community for active adults 55 plus who would like to live in bustling college town. During the school year the population doubles as Cornell and Ithaca College’s student body…...
