Wandering Money Pig - A journey of early retirement and FIRE (financial independence retire early)

  Tupper Lake Municipal Park, Tupper Lake, NY  For the month of April 2022, my wife and I stayed in the town of Tupper Lake in upstate New York.  We were very fortunate to have booked a month long stay at an AirBnB rental overlooking the beautiful Tupper Lake, the mountains, and the Tupper Lake Municipal Park . The last visit to the Adirondacks for us was way back in 2002, when we stayed about 4 nights at Mirror Lake/Lake Placid area to ski the Whiteface Mountain .  Set in the picturesque Adirondacks Mountains region, we loved the area with its beautiful scenery, and excellent restaurants/shops.  We were always hoping to go back to the area some day. When the opportunity came to revisit it, we wholeheartedly took it, as we really wanted to explore the Adirondacks region via slow traveling!  On top of the list of things to do on our second visit was hiking the beautiful Adirondacks mountains above all else, along with trying out different restaurants and various attractions. On a clou

  Peace Point Park, Plattsburgh, NY My wife and I were on a roll when it came to exploring art museums in the Adirondacks region for the month of April.  What started out as an opportunity to get reacquainted with more culture, thanks to the passing of our beloved Pomeranian Toby in March, ended up with us really trying our hardest to enjoy some ‘us’ time with Toby not being around. The ‘us’ time harkened back to our younger days when we were dating in college, when we would visit museums, attend classical music concerts, watch an opera or a Broadway show, or go to cafes to just chat while enjoying a cup of aromatic coffee.  We felt the time was right for us to reconnect and do some of the things we couldn’t, or didn’t want to, while Toby was with us.   The month of April really made this possible.  We no longer had to worry about Toby and his deteriorating condition.  My wife had been worrying constantly up until his last day with us on earth.  Once he passed, we closed one chapter an