What we've learned about retiring early, health, technology, RVing and an active lifestyle.
Mark Boothby
Raising the flags at the campground is one of my favourite days. it signifies the opening of the campground that we’re ready for the season. the Country is opening up a bit after our Covid-19 lockdown of 2 months. that currently we are living in a Country without violent protests.
Della and I have a contract at the Williams Lake Stampede Campground for the past 4 years. We’ve been here for the past 2 weeks getting the campground in order for a limited opening June 1st. We welcome self sufficient campers to our fully serviced sites. We are complying with Provincial Health guidelines so our … Read more
Events this week made me consider other peoples circumstances during this period of social isolation. First off, Della and I are both well. We’ve adapted to a very comfortable schedule of house and yard work, preparing home cooked meals, baking, reading, writing, staying in touch with family and friends, volunteering and learning about new subjects. … Read more
Can you believe it? Just 10% of people eat the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables. No wonder we have a health epidemic! This information comes from the Centers for Disease Control in the U.S. but I don’t think we in Canada are in any better shape. After all, most of the U.S. has a … Read more
First off, ask yourself what your health is worth. I know its worth the price of a daily cup of coffee. I know that before I became aware of the benefits I thought about the cost. But after the first 4 months it never, ever crossed my mind again. I retired my cane to the … Read more
I wrote yesterday about How Nature is so Smart. Well to ensure Nature is not messed with I thought I’d tell you about how Juice Plus+ is made. We get awesome support from the Company. I can’t explain how Juice Plus+ is made any better than this video and webpage. I’ve always been so impressed … Read more
Let’s start off with a video of the importance of having fruit and vegetables in your diet. https://youtu.be/ciHd6ez505g This video talks about all the substantial benefits of eating more fruit and vegetables. The video is a few years old. The number of servings per day has changed since then. Here is some info from the … Read more
When I retired I had no specific goals; just 2 broad goals I wanted to accomplish: Regain my Health Don’t spend the rest of my life watching Netflix on the couch. We had a great media room mind you, but I had no intention of spending a lot of time there. When I retired I … Read more
Has your Doctor talked to you about nutrition? Mine did, for years my family physician told me to lose weight. That didnt sink in because overall, I was feeling fine. What I didn’t know and refused to accept was that my lifestyle was killing me. Eventually, it caught up to me and I had a … Read more
We’ve been isolating ourselves since March 5th. Many local governments are releasing cautious plans to reopen. What will we learn from this Pause? We ponder that question in this blog. First off, it’s been along time since I posted on this site. Well, I have been writing. One of my volunteer positions is with the … Read more