And I am expecting to do them in my retirement years. My house is nothing I have ever invested in. My only investment is named Madison. She got a hold of all my resources and now that she is matured and off on her own, I am free to invest differently- as soon as I get out of credit card debt and car loans that is.......
So I got to thinking, I will be quite upset if I die before I get to retire. I am just 60 years old and I am waiting until I can have Medicare to retire from my full time job at Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging and will keep my part time job as a private practitioner for mental health. Successful Aging is not dying and having the mobility to do the things you want to do plus the money to carry it out- Actually- if I knew the date I was dying I would run up my credit cards in the last year of my life. I got about 200,000 dollars in credit limits- that ought to take me to Alaska, Israel, and maybe the Greek islands and a summer down the shore, and a winter in the Florida Keys. My bucket list includes a lot of traveling- Once upon a time, I wanted to sell everything I owned or get rid of it as Madison would say because it is all hand me downs, you know, old people's stuff anyway- and rent an Airstream with a moped on the back of it and see every National Park. Now that surely is unlikely. I wanted to do that with a life partner (aka husband) and that ship has sailed and burned. So as I was thinking, I thought, maybe if I let the universe know how much I really want to retire and have a few good years- like 10 ( I am not too greedy) I will get to do those things and travel to all my dreamy places.
By the way, something NOT on my bucket list is happening this coming weekend. Are you ready for this.... my sisters Janet and Rhona and I are traveling out west----- to Ricketts Glen Pa.... to hike several miles to see several waterfalls- Now ain't that an event to be remembered. Will let you know how it goes. Janet is 68 and Rhona is 66. And you all know my age. Rhona has feet and knees issues, Janet is as slow as they come. and I am quite large and sedentary. Rhona has told Janet it is not hard- which is not really what most of the reviews say. Rhona can say that because she is the only one of us that goes to the gym every day........ I got my hiking poles thank goodness and I also know when to quit! Will report back in a week!
We had a wonderful experience at this state park. Not very many places you can see 22 waterfalls in one hike. They are very nice sized waterfalls too. We only did the loop to see 21 of them and was going to stop at the last one on the way out, since it's close to a parking lot right off the main road. We did that loop in around 4 hours with stops for taking photos on each of the falls. Unfortunately, I forgot to stop at the last waterfall. Most of the hike was pretty easy or moderate, until the last mile or so when you're hiking up, out of the canyon. Of course, you have a lot of steps to climb next to the 94 foot waterfall. Make sure you use the restroom before you head down to hike, as there are no bathrooms on the trail. Bring plenty of water.
I've been here numerous times over the years and the only thing that changes is how much water there is flowing depending on the season and rainfall. The trails can be challenging which is fun but there are many that are easy. The falls are beautiful all the time, especially when there is more water. I love spending the day here and it is a great start park.
