By guest blogger, Kevin Greshock January 2025 The Bacon’s annual pilgrimage to San Jose Del Cabo included a few additional pilgrims this year – eight of us in total! Although the weather in Cabo was unusually windy and cool for January, we were all happy to be away from the below-zero temperatures of Illinois. AsContinue reading “Kevin in Cabo”
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Illogical Happenings
By Jim Dickens February 10 2025 Well the start of the new year has been a series of illogical events small all the way to existential. Over the last week during a trip England. Small Went to see the ABBA Voyage experience in London. It features avatars of the ABBA musicians created by holographic means. Continue reading “Illogical Happenings”
Forcing Function and Recharge
Jim Dickens 1/16/2025 The 2024 holiday season was a forcing function to make sure we moved into our new home properly. We had visitors coming and a series of parties to host. It required an intensive effort and dusting off some old project management and handyman skills. We are past that now and have evenContinue reading “Forcing Function and Recharge”
Year End Introspection and Future Fears
Opinion Piece by Jim Dickens 11/26/2024 It’s the time of the year when we give thanks and make resolutions about the future. Our family now has a tradition where we sit down and share our charitable donation choices and the reasons why. It’s a deeper sharing beyond sports and the weather resulting in constructive heartfeltContinue reading “Year End Introspection and Future Fears”
Easy Pivot
by Jim Dickens October 2024 It was interesting to me how the situational context changed my emotional response. For several months I planned a trip with flights, lodging, guides, gear and research. I planned to visit the Smoky Mountains for a couple of weeks with my family for a while and my fishing buddy, Chet,Continue reading “Easy Pivot”
Moving in Retirement Insights
Informative but boring by Jim Dickens October 2024 Ok our world changed. The kids left, we stopped working and it was time to spend our savings living out retired freedom. We could live anywhere and do anything. Lori and I are just finishing up moving our household just 7 minutes away from our old homeContinue reading “Moving in Retirement Insights”
The Road Less Travelled
By Guest Blogger: Colonel Ian Ferguson, Marines Retired 8/31/2024 “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost refers to the road less travelled and is somewhat cliché, but if one chooses to take this less travelled road, one will find that it is often less-maintained, gravel or dirt. Slim organized “Phil’s Big Chill” in Steamboat Springs,Continue reading “The Road Less Travelled”
Bali Reunion
By Guest Blogger Sophie July 29, 2024 Hey everyone, it’s your honorary guest blogger, Sophie, Jim’s daughter-in-law, popping in here to write for the Rivian tour blog. I feel so lucky to share a snippet of our recent family adventure! Ever since our Bali wedding adventure last year, Lori & Jim and my parents MickeyContinue reading “Bali Reunion”
Awe, the Thrill is Gone
By Jim Dickens July 27, 2024 Though never an adrenaline junky, I have done a little thrill seeking. As a kid we built ramps for bikes and motorcycles, climbed high trees and jumped off the roof of the house. My twenties included sky diving, bungee jumping, steep tree skiing and a quarry jump here andContinue reading “Awe, the Thrill is Gone”
Be Prepared
By Jim Dickens July 18 2024 On the return from a great trip to Hilton Head, I found myself suffering because I was lazy and unprepared. It’s something to guard against. It was my own doing. With over 20 friends from way back at college, we played our 41st annual tournament, the Red Stackloaf inContinue reading “Be Prepared”
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