Welcome back to #TravelThursday. A couple of Sunday mornings ago I surpassed the 25,000-mile mark on my car’s odometer while driving out of Clewiston Florida and heading southbound towards South Bay on my favorite highway – U.S. 27. It took me 30 days to drive 1,000 miles from 24,000 to 25,000.
Speaking of 1,000 miles – for the first time since January (the month before I bought my new home) – I did not drive over 1,000 miles during the month that just ended (September). That ends an unprecedented 7-month streak that began in February and ended in August. The main reason is because I only took 3 trips between my new home and my old home. (I actually drove north to Sebring on August 31ST and October 01ST. Had I returned home a day later to start the month or a day earlier to end the month – it would’ve been another 1,000-mile-plus month.)
I drove 860 miles in September, and that’s still more than 11 out of 12 months in 2022.
The forecast for October – I’ll drive well over 1,000 miles with 5 trips up and down U.S. 27.
My goal is to actually not drive 1,000+ miles in a single month, and I should reach that goal in March 2024 once I’m fully retired and no longer have to drive south to Homestead. My goal is to enjoy my new home, and my new neighborhood, and my new county, and my new friends – full-time. #Retired
Oh wait – I’m probably driving 3,000+ miles the month after that in April when I embark on my retirement road-trip to and from North Texas.
Business is about to pick-up here on #TravelThursday !
Next #TravelThursday – I’ll tell you all about the birds of Sebring. Let’s keep traveling together.
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