Travel, does it matter what we do in our old age

       Our short visit with Linda in San Diego

I started writing this Blog over a month ago, finished this morning 😀 

Polly and I have been traveling for the last six years, into our seventh now I'm wondering does it matter what we do in our old age? Soon our lives will end, soon being the unknown entity. While we are still alive does what we do matter? Well so far it has been fun seeing and doing all we have, but the question I ask now is does it matter what we do? 

Maybe not to many, but to us yes, to our family and friends, yes, to some degree, as they all have lives beyond us and are busy with their lives. So really it just matters most to us, what we want to do with the last of our lives. 

Let's turn here, 😃 let's go there, 😀 how about this, wanna do this? Let's see that. I was thinking 😆 What about? Would you like to? 

We have often keep our options open, so if we want we can change plans, stop, turn, alter our plan. This has worked well for a long time now, I think it will continue. 

This year, well more than a year since we started this journey, we started this leg of our journey on December 31st 2021 as we drove to the ferry in Victoria, on our way to Port Angeles. New year's eve on the ferry dock in Victoria, fireworks we were too tired to look out the window at, sleeping, ready to leave Canada again, as Covid travel restriction was over, and we were ready for some warm weather. 

That's 1 year 2 months ago, and I'm starting to be ready to spend some time at home. Vancouver island, Port Alberni, at Arrowvale campground is home feeling now. Actually most anywhere on Vancouver island feels home, friends and family all over the island ☺️

We will be in Shreveport Louisiana tonight, visit friends we met on our first trip all around Canada and USA. Will be interesting as we only briefly met, exchanged FB, and off we went. Since we have followed each other on FB, watching as we have changed in our lives. 

 Winston & Donna after our visit in Shreveport 

After Shreveport, then Port Arthur, Texas for sure, we have a friend there, and have not visited for awhile. 

  Our visit with Lee Ann & Hanna was great 👍

Next? I'm still not sure, maybe south, maybe west. Will see when the time comes. 

On our way to Fort Worth we stopped for a visit with Terry & Jan, who were making their way across the country towards New Orleans & Memphis another meeting that FB helped us make. 

So does it matter? Does it matter which way we go? We are the ones that make the decision and so far, been staying south, keep where it's warm. New Mexico, Tucson, now Yuma. So many places & friends to see on our way across the States. 

It matters to us where we go, who we visit, what we learn, and how warm 🌡️we want it.

South we will stay till May, then home we'll go home. 

Look who came to visit, our friends we met in Indio, who now winter in north of Phoenix, in Sun City. What a fun visit we had, with plans now to meet in Laughlin, just what I've been saying here, leave our options open to change.

Change is always in the plans, our ability to make those changes work for us is what we like, every day we are able to choose a different direction, depending on what comes our way. Isn't life Grand. 

Yuma is a good base for us, I'm sure we'll be back, friends here are forever friends we know this, as when you come back it's just like coming home again. 

Birds are up, sun be up soon too, I'm thinking hot tubs calling 😄  Polly just got up too ♥️🤗

Yes life is Grand! 🤗♥️