Retirement is not exactly how I envisioned it, it is better.
My husband and I both worked for so many years and raised our children so we decided that it was really time to experience the life we always wanted. Being strapped to the same dead end job for thirty plus years taught us to cherish every moment we have left together. The kids think that we are a bit nuts but we decided to sell the house that we lived in for all those years and buy a large boat to travel the cost. We have challenges at times finding places to dock especially during holiday weekends. On those occasions we need to anchor out and unfortunately the weather is not always cooperative. We have been out off the coast and the temperatures have been less than ideal. We had a few times when it was freezing cold and we did not have any sort of heat aboard the boat. During the pleasant months it was great and we tried to travel North in the Summer and South in the winter but we were still caught off guard at times. I really wish we had an HVAC system on board so we could go where we want when we want. I have been reading about some systems that are safe to have aboard and really think that we need to talk to an HVAC dealer at one of the ports to look into having one installed. What good is it to live a life travelling on our boat if we can’t be comfortable where we are. I have even been tempted to get a hotel room at some ports just to be comfortable for the night and that just doesn’t make sense. I love our retired life and don’t want anything to change, except the temperature control on our boat.