Well today begins a new chapter in our lives. My wife retired in July and we are heading south for the first time buy our selves, to check out Florida. Were doing a road trip south and have countless places to see and explore for retirement years in the state of Florida. I had relatives who lived down their so since 1966 I have traveled to most of the areas.
Our family have been to Florida many times but this is a fact finding mission. Check out every thing from Homes to Condos to Double wides to Park models, and even Renting. Hawaii will still be like a second home we will still go there for a few week trips, but if you need to get back to Canada its a two day adventure. Florida get on a plane and home by 10 at night or midnight at the worst case.
Now more and more I'm thinking renting, as even a full home in Florida for Jan, Feb, March, in the long run is still cheaper than purchasing unless the value of the property will go up. Then you have to pay real-estate fees purchase and sale. Plus i still think he will add a tax on sales for non residents. Now we missed the bust of 2008 and so not much more up side actually some down if things go sour in USA. Our time shares we purchased for .10cents on the dollar have been a good investment to get to condos all over the place. The home in Phoenix would still be just a home in phoenix. But yes it would be worth over 300000 today. But after the repairs needed and the changes to heat pool and do back yards and redo interior and paint cupboards etc probably not much gain. You never know but Home prices in Canada and Farm Values in Canada are out of line thats where the deals will be when the shit hits the fan. USA Farm values are dropping for third strait year homes are just back to below 2008 values. Canada yea a basic home in regina is really worth 475,000.00 ha ha.
So the travel tip of the day today is Road trip.
Interstate or State roads.
Both have a place but on this trip its 28 min faster taking the interstate south than interstate and state roads combined. Freeways are nice but some major cities if you hit at wrong time or accident etc you can have delays that last hours. Some state roads are actually nicer than the interstate. So a combination of both is probably the best. Atlanta is a avoid city as its freeways are wow. Side road through Montgomery and then back on might add some time on google maps but actually be faster.
Hey you see more on side trips.
Found this the Supposed Hotel California on the Baha a few years back. If you can take the costal highway all way to Oregon once. Its a beautiful trip. But the next take the freeway as one day we drove all day and could of went what we drove on the freeway a hour.
Todays cocktail isn't a cocktail but its easy to have a cool one in the hotel room or even at a truck stop or in the passenger seat on road trip if your not driving.
But the question is who likes a Beer in Aluminium Bottle vs Aluminum can vs Glass bottle, draft in Cold glass. Whats every ones preference. Ok even a Warm as piss beer some might like.
For me its just a simple Draft beer in a cold as ice glass on a hot day, Just like A&W Root beer.
Cheers and on to a new chapter in our lives. PreRetirement. One word of wisdom is it came way faster than I thought life is short and years go by real fast, Your not bullet proof in your teens and early 20s as all the stupid things you did back then come back to bite you in the ass in later years. 50 might be the new 60 but shit changes in the 50s.
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