Celebrating 100K Subscribers! Life Update: Retirement Travelers YouTube Channel

This video is a celebration 100K subscribers and gratitude to our viewers for helping the Retirement Travelers YouTube channel reach 100K subscribers. Thank you so much to all that have been following along with the last four years providing such amazing feedback, comments, support and the inspiration to keep growing our travel community. ➡️➡️ Sign up for our NEWSLETTER! http://eepurl.com/h_P0RD ⬅️⬅️ Retirement Travelers Website: https://retirementtravelers.com/ RVMail Service: https://gomyrv.com/RetirementTravelers Chase Sapphire Credit Card link: https://www.referyourchasecard.com/19l/TU3SAODCFT Express VPN Link: https://www.expressvpn.com/refer-a-friend/30-days-free?referrer_id=67246982&utm_campaign=referrals&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=referral_dashboard ⬇️ Our Financial Advisors ⬇️ URS Financial Advisory Link: https://www.ursadvisory.com/ Retire with Julia: https://www.youtube.com/@RetirewithJulia Fare Drop cheap flights: https://faredrop.com/?fpr=john13 Click this link to check out AIRALO: https://airalo.pxf.io/rQnbrB Video Number 162 #retirementtravelers #100ksubscribers #worldtraveler #retirementtravel #youtubechannel #youtuber #seniortravel #retirement #travelabroad #travel #secondact #whyyoutube #retirementgoals #getsocial Get Social with Us!!! Subscribe on YouTube at https:/www.YouTube.com/RetirementTravelers Follow us on Instagram at https://www.Instagram.com/RetirementTravelers Like us on Facebook at https://www.Facebook.com/RetirementTravelers Connect with us on LinkedIn at https://www.LinkedIn.com/company/retirement-travelers Connect with us on Pinterest at https://www.Pinterest.com/retirementtravelers Some info from our "About Us" page on our Retirement Travelers website The Beginnings It all began in two small towns in America, one in Arkansas, where Bev was raised, and another in West Virginia, where John grew up. Both of us had happy, fulfilled childhoods with wonderfully supportive parents and many opportunities in the communities we call our hometowns. During college, John majored in Engineering and Bev in Advertising Design/History. Career & Family Throughout his career, John worked in aluminum manufacturing for one company, beginning in project engineering and ending in international operations management. Bev devoted her energies to raising our five children at home. By the way, each child is married, and together, they have given us a gang of eight grandchildren we adore! Early Retirement Several years ago, we began thinking about retirement. We had always planned to retire early, and we worked hard to make it happen by living within our means, paying off our mortgage early, saving, and investing for the future. In the process of evaluating our “lifestyle creep,” we began to realize that we acquired too much stuff. Beginning of Retirement Travelers When the time came to retire in 2020, we planned a long trip abroad, but like everyone else, our plans changed, and we pivoted toward a journey in our own country. We purchased an Airstream travel trailer and set off on a road trip across the United States to see all the National Parks and finish the list of visiting all the states. Downsizing Within this first year, we made the decision to sell our home and give away our possessions so we could downsize our lives for a journey around the world as a travel couple. It was quite a process to go through everything we had collected throughout our lives. We considered everything and gave our children a few of our keepsakes, but didn’t keep anything other than our golf clubs. We sold the Airstream, too. As we age, we anticipate slowing down a bit, but at this time, we are healthy enough to move about, and because we carry so little in our backpacks, it is not difficult to move on down the road when we choose. We hope to be more spontaneous as we go, in fact, the biggest lesson we learned our first year is not to plan too far ahead because those unexpected detours have turned out to be the most fun and fulfilling. Our World Travel Journey We began our world travels in Central America, but it was simply the beginning. We’re now on our third year abroad. Ahead, we know we have wonderful experiences and beautiful people to meet, and we can’t wait for what the world will teach us. We intend to travel as long as our bodies hold out, filling our minds with memories that will sustain us in our latter years. Of course, we return back to see our children and grandchildren, and we often meet up with our families, children, brothers & sisters, mothers, and friends on the road. Someone asked us recently, what about your friends? We are happy to report, we make new friends all the time, and we are blessed beyond measure to have dear friends who support our dream and encourage us to go while we can. We love C.S. Lewis’s quote, “You’re never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” Happy journeys, John and Bev