June In A Sentence A Day

Greetings! Today, and each month going forward, I'm documenting how I spent my month in just one sentence per day.

Turns out that the theme for June was On The Road Again! We spent most of the month traveling with friends through Utah and Colorado in our RV's, and it was glorious. And possibly even just a smidge better, when we returned, our backyard balcony rebuild was well under way, relief!

(And P.S. - Be sure to scroll to the bottom of this post to see who else is participating,

and to visit their blogs for additional Sentence A Day inspiration!)

June In A Sentence A Day

1. A lovely afternoon out with my daughter in Laguna Beach, including dinner together at Urth Caffe, then a fascinating late night out at the beach learning about, waiting for, then experiencing that most unusual (and earthy!) event, a genuine grunion run.

2. Beach racewalking in the AM with my Saturday group, then a terrific evening out enjoying dinner and tribute band Queen Nation, a defining band of my teen years without question, at our favorite nearby concert venue, The Coach House. (P.S. Keep an eye out for the Queen biopic movie Bohemian Rhapsody coming November 2!!!)

3. Morning visit at the house with our daughter and her significant other, than over to UCIrvine to attend the Green Day written musical, American Idiot . . . dang but those college students did a terrific job with it!

4. The city approved our balcony project, the city approved our balcony project, the city finally approved our balcony project!!!

5. A glorious morning walking the five mile San Clemente Beach Trail with a new friend I met through my Spanish class, including lots of talking over breakfast afterward at Ellie's Table.

6. Lovely six mile hike through the hills surrounding Ladera Ranch with my hiking group, followed by a group lunch, always fun.

7. Met my Thursday group for breakfast before heading out on a fast paced hike through Quail Hill in Irvine afterward, home to clean up and do chores, then off to a fabulous dine out with my Lifelong Learning group at The International Culinary School's testing restaurant, Exhibition, in Costa Mesa . . . oh those wonderful, enthusiastic culinary students!

The culinary students receiving a well deserved round of applause after our meal.

8. Last minute landscaping decisions so our project can continue to move forward during our trip, then off to a super fun evening pops concert featuring the music of BeeGees . . . a group that was one of several that most definitely defined my teen years.

9. Morning beach walk with my Saturday group, a mad dash to pack and prep for tomorrow's departure, then an evening performance with the Dana Point Symphony, whew!

10. And we're off . . . a 5AM departure toward St. George, Utah, travel trailer in tow, arriving finally at 2PM, where we promptly threw on our bathing suits and headed to the pool to await the cool of evening, at which point we toured nearby Pilgrim Park.

11. - 30. Our Southwest RV Adventure!

Our 2018 driving route, 1720 miles in all!

We were gone a total of three weeks, visited five national parks, three national monuments, and traveled over 2,000 miles. We visited an amazing array of places by car, foot, kayak, gondola and boat, and made countless memories we will never, ever forget. Our newly retired best friends, who have the same type of travel trailer that we do, accompanied us, and I am pretty confident they had as wonderful of a time as we did in that midway through they were already talking about planning another long distance RV trip to do all together, possibly up into the Pacific Northwest.

Here are a few of the random things that went through my mind during our journey:

• Wildfires are a constant summertime threat throughout the southwest. Our scheduled ride on the Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Train out of Durango was cancelled due to the Burro Wildfire, and our return trip home from Kanab, Utah was impacted by the Lone Pine Wildfire.
• Our National Parks are without question one of our nation's greatest treasures. We met foreign visitor after foreign visitor that came here solely to see our vast, beautiful wilderness, and we were humbled anew each and every time they shared their joy at being able to do so with us. 
• It's hot in the southwest! And while, yes, it's a dry heat that is much, much easier to take then when combined with humidity, it still affected us tremendously when we were out and about. My skin cracked open in a few places, plus I experienced several instances of moderate heat exhaustion in spite being well covered from the sun, finding shade where  I could, and  drinking a good amount of water each day that had been supplemented with electrolytes.
• Utah is the cleanest state we've ever traveled in, with some of the nicest, most helpful people we've ever met. But it's also home to some of the goofiest alcohol laws we've ever encountered, including not being allowed to order any drinks in a restaurant bar unless it's accompanied by a food order, and limiting the percentage of alcohol in beer to 4% or less. Too funny!
• We enjoyed riding a series of gondolas into and out of Telluride, Colorado during our visit there, which are completely free to use in the summertime.
• We saved over $250 in entrance and camping fees with my husband's National Parks lifetime senior pass, including half price full hookup camping reservations at Mesa Verde National Park. 
• We came in well under budget thanks to our love of being active wherever and whenever possible. The majority of our days were spent hiking or attending ranger talks, both free, including an Astronomy event in Bryce Canyon one memorable evening - we exited the shuttle bus in a completely dark field, and basically groped our way over to the dozens of viewing telescopes that had been set up. 
• In total we hoofed our way over more than 100 miles of national park and monument trails, enjoying amazing sights and sounds as we went along.
• Our wildlife sightings included coyote, marmot, collared lizard, turkey, mule deer, Blue jay, red tail hawk, chipmunks and squirrel. 
• Our geology sightings included the Colorado River, the Colorado Plateau, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Canyondland, Arches and Mesa Verde National Parks, and Canyons of the Ancients, Cedar Break, and Escalante National Monuments, plus the Navajo Nation's Four Corners Monument at the point where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico come together. We also enjoyed exploring the Utah towns of St. George, Torrey, Moab, and Kanab, and the Colorado towns of Cortez and Telluride.

May In A Sentence A Day

Greetings! Today, and each month going forward, I'm documenting how I spent my month in just one sentence per day.

Turns out that the theme for May was Hang In There! With our backyard remodel temporarily on hold, I worked hard to stay busy while out plans were finalized, submitted to the city for review, and bounced back, finally, with just a few small change requests. Almost to the finish line!

May In A Sentence A Month

1. Struggled with a little post-menopausal depression today . . . sometimes it hits out of the blue and I have to just ride it out as best I can.

2. Headed to San Clemente to walk the five mile beach trail the moment it stopped raining this morning in order to take in as much post-storm coastal beauty as I could, and felt soooo much better for doing so,

plus did my weekly grocery shopping, wandered around TJ Maxx but left empty-handed (yeah me!), cooked this lemony dish for dinner, then settled in to watch The Phantom Thread, which I loved, but which left hubby scratching his head!

3.  Five mile hike along the beaches and cliffs of Dana Point with my sweet hubby, a delightful outdoor lunch afterward at the harbor, then a couple of hours of backyard luxuriating, even if on dirt, reading and enjoying a beautiful viewing day of the ocean . . . I love living here soooo much!

It was a gorgeous day to take a hike.

We may have nothing but dirt in the backyard currently, 
but that doesn't keep me away when the ocean is this visible!

4. Headed out and up into the mountains in order to attend a much needed women's retreat . . . it's been a bit stressful around here the last couple of weeks what with our backyard project, and it feels great to get away!

5. Just what the doctor ordered . . . spent the day enjoying bird watching, yoga, meditation, a clean-foods cooking class, wonderful meals, good wine, lots of chocolate, and the companionship of some truly inspiring women.

6. Arrived home from above retreat in time to enjoy a wonderful walk along the beach with hubby, have lunch together in downtown San Clemente, enroll in a beginners course at a knitting store we spotted, wander through the surfboard-heavy Los Molinos manufacturing district, and go beer tasting at Left Wind Brewery.

7. Fabulous paddle around Newport Harbor with my kayaking group, including a stretch along the Newport Back Bay, where I enjoyed watching an Osprey deliver a still-flopping fresh fish to two new hatchlings in a nest high overhead.

8. We're off to the airport, headed to the east coast in order see our granddaughter, plus visit Colonial Virginia, hooray!

9. Attended a Mother's (and Grandmother's!) Day Tea at my granddaughter's preschool, then took her to a nearby shopping mall where we rode trains, 'fished' for rubber duckies, ate pizza, shopped for toys, played an a fruity playground, and had an overall fabulous time.

10. Visited the National Zoo with our girl and had the best day ever . . . our third time taking her there, this is the first time she had enough stamina to we make it through pretty much the entire zoo!

11. Visited two parks with our girl, built the world's longest train track, then enjoyed singing one tired little girl to sleep for her nap.

12. Off to Colonial Virginia for the weekend, to give ourselves and our daughter's family a little private time (plus we need time to re-energize after three days with a fabulously energetic little 3 year old!), where we visited historic Yorktown before checking into our hotel in Williamsburg.

13. Spent the day in Jamestowne, which we loved, loved, loved, including visits to Jamestowne Settlement, Jamestowne Historic Site, and driving all around the island via the National Historic Parkway.

14. Drove back to our daughter's home in time to pick up our girl from preschool and enjoy lots of playtime in the backyard of her house, including showing her how to load and shoot a water spray gun . . . oodles of wet, watery fun!

15. Took our girl to the playground, baked cookies together, had a picnic lunch in the backyard, played on the swing, and just thoroughly enjoyed our last day with her before returning home.

16. Flight home, after which I collapsed on the sofa in exhaustion for the remainder of the day!

17. Off to get my hair cut, then a pre-lecture dinner at Taco Surf in Dana Point before attending a surprisingly interesting lecture on the life cycle of a tree by Cavity Conservation, and how many animals it supports both while alive and decaying.

18. Up early to bake lemon squares before heading off to a 36 mile bike ride up into our local hills with my group, including a tasty lunch stop at Java Juice, then home to shower, take a short nap, then head out to an evening potluck get together (hence why I was up early to bake!) with some gal-pals in light of all of our hubbies being gone at a men's retreat.

19. A rare hubby-less day (missed him!) which I spent race walking along the beach with my Saturday morning group . . .

. . . then off to San Clemente to take a knitting class at a cute little yarn shop there called Strands, plus a little browsing around the adorable Del Mar shopping and dining area before returning home and trying to remember the stitches I'd just been taught!

20. Weeded the front yard in the morning, enjoyed a potluck lunch event with my spiritual congregation, then welcomed hubby home from his retreat before heading out together to meet our Lifelong Learning dining club for dinner at Eva's Caribbean Kitchen in Laguna Beach . . . fun night!

21. Attended end of semester Spanish lunch at a Peruvian restaurant, had a wonderful time, and met a gal that wants to meet soon to go walking, so nice!

22. Worked a volunteer shift at the harbor, then hurried to do all the grocery shopping afterward for our upcoming trip to attend a bike rally and then do a little RV'ing along the coast.

23. Packed, prepped our trailer and did food prep . . . early AM departure in the morning!

24. Off at 5:00 AM sharp for the 300 mile drive to Paso Robles, then took off to do a little wine tasting once we were all set up in our site.

25. Attended a 30 mile group bike ride through San Miguel, then back to clean up and head out for a tad more wine tasting. ;-)

26. A wonderful 32 mile bike ride with just hubby and me, first to Templeton to attend the Saturday Farmer's Market, then back via a series of winding roads through the heart of the wine country, including a delicious lunch stop at Cass Winery, where we both enjoyed some Santa Maria tri tip steak along with our wine tasting.

27. Headed to Cambria for the day to walk the beautiful Moonstone Boardwalk Trail, then back to the fairgrounds via the uber-scenic Santa Rosa Creek Trail Rd.

28. An AM walk into cute, downtown Paso Robles to pick up lunch sandwiches, then back to break down our site, hook up our trailer, and head to Morro Bay, where we set up camp and went for a walk along a nearby estuary in the fog.

29. Spent a fabulous day hiking through breathtaking Estero Bluffs State Park, followed by fish and chips at Morro Bay's Bayside Cafe . . . so delicious!

30. Headed for home, a coastal and scenic, but long, six hour drive.

31. Spent the day cleaning up - the trailer, our towing vehicle, and our clothes . . . to every fun trip a little work must follow!

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And so went the month of May! 

Thriving In A New Retirement Location

I was honored recently to be asked to write a blog post about the experience of relocating in retirement by Sue over at the most excellent Sizzling Toward 60 & Beyond. In that the post just went live, I'm happy to share news of it here, and enjoy perusing it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Thriving In A New Location by Tamara @ My Retirement Project

The article has also just been listed here on The Blogger's Lifestyle as well, a blog full of interesting links to articles about living large in our 50's and beyond. Well worth checking out!

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Over 50 & Thriving Series

Thriving Over 50 In A New Location

May 11, 2018

How would you feel about retiring to a completely new location, away from family and established friendships?  It can be a daunting prospect, especially if you have lived in the same location for many years.  It can also be difficult if you are in a relationship and one partner is happy to continue living in the current location, but the other partner yearns for new surroundings.

My next guest in the Over 50 &  Thriving series has experienced all of the above and more. I met Tamara from My Retirement Project through link ups such as Wellness Wednesday and she and I have much in common, including our love of being near the ocean and keeping fit and active. Tamara shares her story with us and explains how she and her husband made the move are now enjoying and thriving in their new environment and home.

As you read her story you will see that it was not easy on so many levels, however, there was a positive outcome and message to us all about never giving up on your dream.

Tamara writes:

Thriving Over 50 In A New Location

Photo courtesy of My Retirement Project

When my husband and I retired some six years ago, we assumed we were settled in our home for the duration.

Turns out we weren’t.

Let me back up and start at the beginning. I grew up in S. California within easy 30 minute access to the beach, and really never gave much thought to living any closer because in my part of the state the beaches were often foggy and cold, and the towns adjacent a bit too laid back for my tastes.

However, all of that changed when we moved 100 miles south to Orange County in the early 1990’s. The first time I set foot on one of Orange County’s gorgeous, sunny and full-of-fun beach towns I was hooked, and an intense yearning to live closer to the coast took root and began to grow and grow.

My husband and I had settled in Orange County in an area that was only about 20 miles inland, but traffic patterns were such that any trip to the coast had to be carefully considered in order to avoid getting stuck in traffic. So I satisfied my longings to be closer to the ocean with lots and lots of coastal RV trips after we retired. They were all lovely, but each and every time we headed back home afterward, my longings to live closer grew even stronger.

I’m not sure what finally flipped the switch, but one day after returning home from a series of oversea trips completely exhausted, I told my husband that in spite of having enjoyed our travels immensely, and in spite of having a beautifully fixed up home in which to live, I could not get over my desire to live along the coast and would he pretty please give the idea of relocating there consideration?

To my surprise, after years and years of communicating to me that he was completely satisfied in our current location, he changed his mind and said he would.

Well, that was all I needed to hear! Within 24 hours I had appointments set to interview two realtors. And shortly after that we had our realtor selected and were signing realtor forms.

Turns out that was the easiest part of the whole process.

What followed was stressful beyond belief – listing our home, keeping it tidy, and vacating it as often as possible for buyer walk-throughs, receiving multiple offers within days of listing, well before we’d even decided what coastal city we’d be living in, having the first accepted offer fall out of escrow within the first week, lining up movers once we went back into escrow with a second set of buyers, working with a realtor in our new location diligently, daily, for almost a month before finding ‘the one,’ a fixer upper within two miles of the ocean, the agony of going through home inspections on both ends, the sheer work involved in paring down our current belongings, arranging for all of the closing and buying details (so many details!), the emotion of saying goodbye to friends and familiar places, and the fear mixed in with the excitement of actually realizing a 25 year dream.

Looking back, I’m really not sure how we managed to get through it all. There were days that I was such a puddle of uncertainty and fear I wanted to cancel everything and just stay put. My dear sweet husband pulled me up and out of my fears each time, assuring me that it would all work out. Our realtors on both ends did same, picking me up and pushing me forward each time an obstacle that appeared insurmountable would arise. And there were many!

The lesson I learned during this process was to just keep trudging forward, even if I was full of fear and uncertainty, and to trust that if I kept putting one foot in front of the next it would all work out.

And it did all work out, of course, because everybody involved kept moving forward.

Moving day was exciting and nerve wracking. I’d never lived in a home as long as the 25 years I’d lived in the home we were leaving, and I had no idea how settled I’d become until it was all taken away. Even finding a location for our belongings in our new home created stress, never mind all the fixing up of it we needed to do. And finding our way around our new location was stressful as well, not the fun I’d imagined it would be. I also missed dearly not seeing familiar faces everywhere I went, something I hadn’t realized was a big and pleasant part of my daily life until I no longer had it.

Oh my, so many stressors in spite of having achieved my dream!

So when and how did it start to get better?

Well, in addition to working feverishly to turn our fixer into our dream home, we began to work just as feverishly getting acclimated into our new community. We joined a spiritual congregation, we signed up as volunteers at a nearby harbor, we joined groups for hiking and biking, two of our favorite pastimes, we joined a lifelong learning program for retirees, we invited all of our longtime friends over to visit, we continued to engage with our county-wide activities from before, and we worked to find and experience the many entertainment and cultural activities we were discovering on an almost-daily basis. It took a good number of months, but little by little we began to feel settled into our new community.

 

And we had the ocean. The ever-changing, always beautiful and mesmerizing ocean. We could see it from our upstairs, from our backyard, when approaching our home in our car, when running errands, when hiking, walking, biking and kayaking, when dining, when volunteering. It was everywhere, and it soothed my soul each and every time.

So now, almost one year in, it’s hard to imagine not living where we do now, in spite of the agony we underwent to get here. Each day I wake up excited and thankful all over again to be living where we do.

And I’ve learned that when due diligence indicates all fears to be unfounded, you just push through. Because what’s waiting on the other side just might take your breath away.

 

Meet Tamara

Tamara’s blog is My Retirement Project, where she writes about trying to make each day of her retirement as memorable and fulfilling as possible. ‘Just Do It!’ is the mantra she tries hard to live by, which I think you’ll agree she definitely does!

April In A Sentence A Day

Greetings! Today, and each month going forward, I'm documenting how I spent my month in just one sentence per day.

Turns out that the theme for April was What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger! Not only did I need to complete my last couple of very long training rides, at 55 and 60 miles each, before doing our 66 mile The Boob Ride bicycling event, I also needed to overcome a very steep learning curve in order to hire both an architect and a structural engineer upon being informed by my landscaper that he wasn't licensed to provide the city all that was required for completion of our backyard balcony rebuild. This after already having torn down the old balcony. Trust me when I say I could have happily clobbered my landscaper after he dropped that lovely bombshell!

But little my little, each obstacle was overcome, and success was ultimately achieved. And yet another lesson to myself that adversity can indeed be overcome if approached one small, manageable step at a time.

April In A Sentence A Month

1.  I feel a little guilty about seeing the most irreverent musical, possibly of all time, The Book of Mormon at Segerstrom Performing Arts Center on Easter Sunday, but we did, and it was brilliant!

2. My gal pal visited for the day all the way from Singapore, where she and her hubby are living temporarily, and I tried hard to pack as much in as I could - a seven mile hike, shopping, lunch at Ramos House Cafe in San Juan Capistrano, another hike along the bluffs in Dana Point, then dinner overlooking the harbor at Harpoon Henry's, whew!

My gal pal Mary was such a good sport in keeping up with all of my plans for the day!

3. Super interesting behind-the-scenes tour of Laguna Beach's 85 year old Pageant of The Masters with our OLLI group, then a short walk down to the beach with hubby for a terrific lunch at Urth Caffe before a short but scenic drive back home via Pacific Coast Highway.

4. Cancelled out on my scheduled 9 mile hike to instead spend the day ripping out the last of the insidious creeping fig from our backyard side fencing in order to help finish off the demolition stage of our backyard remodeling project, plus sunset viewing from new ground level viewing area.

5. Haircuts and grocery shopping in the AM, then off to our favorite San Clemente night club with friends for dinner and a night of hot Latin jazz.

6. Still more time ripping down creeping fig from our side walls as I hurried to take advantage of the free haul away being provided by our yard contractor, then off to a couples fellowship meeting in the PM.

7. Beach race walk in the AM with my group, coffee and pastry afterward with one of my fellow walkers, then home to prepare wine and appetizers for a fun visit with our oldest daughter in our newly cleared backyard, gazing outward at the opened up views as we chatted.

8. Took my sister-in-law to a John Denver tribute performance by look-alike Jim Curry, then out to dinner afterward, all to celebrate her 67th birthday.

9. Final training ride for our upcoming bicycling event - a 60 mile pedal up the coast and back, including lunch midway at the amazing and decadent Burnt Crumbs in Huntington Beach.

10. Puttered around the house all day cleaning and organizing, blowing off two previously scheduled Lifelong Learning classes, because I'm almost always a homebody the day after a long, hard athletic event.

11. Grocery shopping in the AM, then spent the remainder of the day pulling down creeping fig from the side fencing in the front of our home because I so liked the end results of clearing it off of our backyard fencing.

12. Pruned the front yard in the morning since we'll be without a gardener for a few months until the backyard is completed, then spent the afternoon sitting in a chair out back reading and watching birds, including a pair of red tail hawks, and one very noisy Cooper's hawk.

Cooper's hawk, which I now think is what we saw flying overhead earlier this month, rather than an Osprey.
The underwing markings of the two raptors are similar, but Osprey tend to stay right along the coastline in that they dine almost exclusively on fish, whereas Cooper's hawk remain inland, dining on land critters and smaller birds.

13. Super scenic, but very challenging (i.e. windy!) 40 mile bike ride down the coast and back with my group, including a swing onto Camp Pendleton Marine Base, and an encounter with a TV crew filming at San Onefre State Beach (Animal Kingdom anyone???), followed by lunch together at Mongkut Thai.

14. Morning four mile race walk with my Saturday group, home to meet a structural engineer regarding our enlarged backyard balcony plans, then a romantic evening with my hubby enjoying this OC Register best-of-the-best take-out pizza, plus a bottle of wine, at the beach while watching the sunset.

15. Joined a new-to-us Sunday evening San Clemente beach walk and dining group event that was so, so enjoyable in that the folks attending were really welcoming and friendly.

16. Met with another structural engineer that I liked better than the one I interviewed last week; fingers crossed that he agrees to take on our relatively small project.

17. Received an email proposal from the structural engineer I met yesterday, so it looks like we're moving forward again, relief!

18. Attended a wonderful lecture event given by Henry Rollins of punk band Black Flag fame (no worries, I didn't know who he or his band were either until I looked them up!) on why we should travel as often and hard as we  possibly can, while we can.

19. Met with the architect we hired upon our structural engineer's recommendation, then an interesting night out at Science Night, a monthly lecture series put on by the city of Dana Point, with this month's lecture focusing on The Wonderful World of Sharks, creatures I hope to never, ever encounter in the wild!

20. A quiet day spent at home, primarily working on my cross stitch project as I made a concerted effort to stay off of my feet ahead of tomorrow's big biking event.

21. We did it, we did it, we completed all 66.2 miles of The Boob Ride San Diego! !!

22. Lovely morning at a park in Mission Viejo celebrating Earth Day with our spiritual congregation, then home to prep for dinner and a book club discussion with my oldest daughter and her sweetie.

23. Got the piano tuned, always melodic in that our tuner always plays something beautiful before putting his tools away, then a walk along the San Clemente beach trail with hubby, enjoying lunch along the San Clemente pier halfway, plus we finally located a nearby area where we can park for free, vs. the trailhead's $1.50 per hour pay-lot, yeah!

Lunch was a modest $6 burrito, which we shared, but the views were priceless!

24. Spent all day working on my new granddaughter's cross stitch project, plus met with the architect designing our backyard deck and trellis, and liked what we saw, hooray!

The new deck will be twice the size of the old one, plus have backyard access via a new set of spiral stairs.
So excited!

25. Finally found a local dentist after a year (oops!) and had my teeth cleaned, then worked a volunteer shift at the harbor on an absolutely gorgeous spring day!

Sailboats dotting the waters outside of the harbor . . .  ten months living here and I am still pinching myself!

26. Another gorgeous spring day, this one enjoyed while dining alongside Mission Viejo Lake with my Gastronomers Club, exploring the world of Japanese Bento Boxes (click here to learn more about their very interesting history!).

27. Stitched and stitched and stitched, and finally finished my birth record project . . . now to await our new girl's arrival in order to add her name, birthdate, height and weight before getting it stretched and framed.

28. Gorgeous morning hiking along the Las Colinas Ridge with hubby, coffee and conversation together at Starbucks afterward, then off to attend my girlfriend's 60th surprise birthday party at scenic Las Brisas in Laguna Beach.

I love these women, all of whom I've known for over 25 years.

29. Busy day attending spiritual services, seeing a rather intense play at UCI A Bright Room Called Day, then a dinner engagement with friends at Brodard Chateau in Garden Grove, where we not only ate and drank ourselves silly (I'm talking to you Lychee Martini!), but also checked yet another restaurant off of our Top 75 OC list.

30. Attended an interesting lecture on Middle East religions, then home to not only plant an herb garden in my front yard patio area, but also install a protective wire surround in order to try and protect it from our very-cute but also very-voracious local bunny population!

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And so went the month of April!