Benefits of traveling: An early retiree’s perspective on living a nomadic lifestyle and the why behind it...
View from Chimney Rocks Park, Hollidaysburg, PA Mark Twain: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” Ever since our early retirement in August (2020), my wife and I have traveled to quite a few places, which we wouldn’t have been able to, prior to our retirement. What our retirement allowed us is that it gave us freedom to live like nomads most of the times, while spending time with our family in between those times. Since that August, we’ve spent a month or longer in Ocean City (Maryland), Atlantic Beach (North Carolina), Claysburg (Pennsylvania), Ellicottville (New York), Indiana (Pennsylvania), Altoona (Pennsylvania), and Snowshoe (West Virginia). In between these travels, we’ve spent time at the Poconos (Pennsylvania), Preston (Connecticut), as well as many day trips in and around New York City area and its suburbs. In this post, I’d like to discuss why we travel and why we live this nomadic lifestyle. One of the most important things we wanted to do whe