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

  Savannah downtown, Georgia  Frommer’s:  “If you have time to visit only one city in the Southeast, make it Savannah.   It’s that special.” The first time we considered visiting the city of Savannah (Georgia), it was because of a guidebook that my wife and I had purchased to aid in our quest for a cross country road trip back in 2003.  In that guidebook, it mentioned the city as the destination in the Southeast where many famous movies were filmed including “ Forrest Gump ” and “ Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ”. That summer, we had completed a 3 week long trip going from New York City to Aspen (Colorado), visiting close to 30+ attractions spanning multiple cities and states.  We had so much fun that we decided to do another road trip before moving to Hawaii at the end of that same year.  I was also a movie buff back in those days, so it made sense to stop by to see the sights where those movies were filmed. We dedicated another 3 weeks in November to drive down to Florid

  Coligny Beach Park, Hilton Head Island, SC After doing a 10 week long cross country road trip the previous winter, going from North Carolina to Southern California, my wife and myself’s tingling traveling genes were fully alert and ready for more adventures.  As most people do, we were secretly thinking about our next road trip as our West Coast road trip was slowly coming to an end, right around February, 2023.   When both of us were working stiffs, every time we would take a vacation (typically a one week affair), the thought of going back to work the following week always made us sad, and frankly depressed.  Because of that, just thinking about the next trip made us immediately happier and more optimistic about life in general. I’m sure we’re not the only ones who felt this way when seeing your precious vacation coming to an end.  Researching and thinking about the next vacation seemed to be the cure for our ailing hearts and wandering minds… To that end, thinking about what our