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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…...
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The City of Palm Coast is an enormous planned community of approximately 90,000 residents (2020), located on Florida’s northeast coast, equidistant from the large cities of Jacksonville and Orlando. Many of its residents are active adults using it as a retirement community. Palm Coast is one of the more interesting hybrid communities in existence. Planned originally by ITT as a…...
Carrabelle is a small town in the Gulf Coast (often called the "Forgotten Coast") of the Florida panhandle. The population is about 1300. Active adults 55+ are moving to this area southwest of Tallahassee because of its mild climate, outstanding recreation opportunities, and slower pace than in much of Florida. This area is quite beautiful and unspoiled. Carrabelle has a…...
Carmel is a small and rapidly growing city of about 101,000 residents in central Indiana. It is an affluent suburb of Indianapolis with a well deserved reputation as a town that celebrates the arts as well as biking and fitness. The Carmel Art & Design District (photos above courtesy of Wikipedia and Tysto) attracts retirees as well as other aged…...
Tampa is the largest city in the very large Metro (4 million people) of Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater on Florida's west coast. Located about half way down the coast, the city has a spectacular location on Tampa Bay and Hillsborough Bay, which in turn lead to the Gulf of Mexico. Formerly one of the world's largest cigar makers, 500,000,000 cigars were hand-rolled here…...
