Author: Hin
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Headed back to Houston! Jan 14-18, 2022
Over the course of the next few days we made our way slowly to Houston. It is a 14 hour drive from Orlando to Houston but we were not in any hurry so we only drove two to four hours a day. We generally did homeschooling in the mornings and drove in the afternoons. The…
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A Big Decision Jan 9-13, 2022
After living in Rover for over 2 years we are starting to feel like a change of pace. Travel in 2022 looks like it will continue to be challenging. Covid cases are higher now than anytime in the past. It is highly unlikely that we will be able to go to China to visit family…
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Alligator Wrestling! Jan 6-8, 2022
Olivia was feeling a little better the next day so we started our drive back up the Keys. On the way up we saw some very cute endangered Key Deer. We also stopped at the Turtle Hospital and took a tour. This was an educational and informative tour and the tour fees went to rescuing…
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Highway 1 to Key West Jan 4-5, 2022
I had purchased a Gypsy Guide tour of the Florida Keys so we got up early and fired the guide up to head on down the Keys. The first stop turned out to be nearby right in Homestead. It was a large fruit stand with the memorable name “Robert is Here” and it had a…
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MIAMI Jan 1-3, 2022
For the first day of the new year the first thing we did was our semi-annual financial review. 2021 was another good year for us with our net worth growing over 9% after expenses. Despite all the money we spent over the course of 2021 our total financial net worth has continued to increase. I…
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Dec 29-31, 2021 Beach BBQ
After over a month in Orlando, we felt it was time to move along. We planned to go to Key West so we could complete a full journey down the eastern United States from the most northern point to the most southern point. However, things were certain to be crowded and expensive for the holiday…
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How to Legally Pay No Taxes in Retirement
Taxes are a fact of life and reduce the amount of money you think you have saved for retirement. For example, if you have saved $1,000,000 for retirement in your 401k or IRA but will need to pay 12% in Federal taxes on the money when you take it out, you really only have $880,000. …
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December in Orlando
Orlando has proven to be a good place to hang out for a while. The weather is warm and sunny. Spent six days visiting all four of Disney’s theme parks, even spending a couple of nights at the newly opened Marriott Swan Reserve Hotel which had Disney perks such as early entrance. We split the…
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Nov 22-29, 2021 We Got into a Car Accident!
We had planned to find an RV park in Orlando and stay for a month. We had travelled long and hard surfing the seasons going north for the summer and then back south for the fall and now we were about as south as we could get so it was time to take a break…
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Nov 17-21, 2021 Orlando!
St. Augustine was so cute that it deserved a second day so we returned in the morning and I took Olivia to the Colonial Quarter, a historical area with re-created colonial Spanish era buildings and tours. We arrived just as they opened so we were the only ones on the first tour of the day. …