Sep 1, 2026 · 40 min · 11 segments
Tell us about your Adventure! Living a life untethered to one place is a dream many hold, but few take the leap to make it real. Rich and Kathi did just that. After retiring early at 51 and 50, they…
I was going to say, we have a church camp right across the lake from our home.
And I've told him, I said, if you want somebody to frame a window, fix a house or something like that, I'm not the guy.
And I didn't realize that when I married him 40 years ago, because both his dad and my dad are handy.
but
did you guys imagine that you would be doing this type of retirement when you, you know, 40 years ago? No,
no.
And, and so Rich and I are both second marriage.
Um, and, um, We both had camped in our previous marriages, you know, weekend campers, started with a tent, went to a pop-up, went to a tow behind.
But it wasn't until I think after we met or around the time we met that I knew I had a longing for like simple living, tiny homes, really kind of, you know.
Minimalistic.
Right.
Very
Yeah.
And before we began this lifestyle, we were talking about potentially buying a lake house in an area where we're from that I loved the lake.
But then reality set in.
I'm like, how much longer will we have to work to support this?
And
then we're going to be chasing a house payment and not being able to see things.
And we decided... to go the opposite direction.
I was going to say, we have a church camp right across the lake from our home.
And I've told him, I said, if you want somebody to frame a window, fix a house or something like that, I'm not the guy.
And I didn't realize that when I married him 40 years ago, because both his dad and my dad are handy.
but
did you guys imagine that you would be doing this type of retirement when you, you know, 40 years ago? No,
no.
And, and so Rich and I are both second marriage.
Um, and, um, We both had camped in our previous marriages, you know, weekend campers, started with a tent, went to a pop-up, went to a tow behind.
But it wasn't until I think after we met or around the time we met that I knew I had a longing for like simple living, tiny homes, really kind of, you know.
Minimalistic.
Right.
Very
Yeah.
And before we began this lifestyle, we were talking about potentially buying a lake house in an area where we're from that I loved the lake.
But then reality set in.
I'm like, how much longer will we have to work to support this?
And
then we're going to be chasing a house payment and not being able to see things.
And we decided... to go the opposite direction.
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