What's your dream?

[five one]

It's a given that I hope to be riding bikes with DH for many years to come. He is a lymphoma survivor coming up on 16 years of remission after having had a bone marrow transplant in 1991. He was a cyclist before cancer and used his bike to regain his fitness three times during his years of illness. Four, actually, because he had a total knee replacement in 2004, also cancer related. Without good health, future dreams are much harder to achieve. It would be fun to do a multiday B&B-type bike tour every year for as long as we can.

I would retire tomorrow if it were financially feasible, but realistically I see myself here counting beans for another ten years . After that, I think I would like to go back to college and take some classes that I didn't have time for (or interest in) when I was in school back in the early 70s. I may try my hand at a little cottage industry making my famous (with family, friends, coworkers, and several SSs anyway ) gingerbread cookies.

I would love to buy a piece of property in Colorado, and design and build our dream home. Solar, energy efficient, as green as possible. That's where the college classes come in. It would be a place where we would live out our days comfortably and in beautiful surroundings.

I found the following in the Tuesday San Jose Mercury News. I hope I will be like Etta, but cycling rather than running, when I'm 80.

good advice from Etta

[emily_in_nc]

To retire in a few years (I'm 46 now) and split my time between living in the mountains in a neat little cabin (hiking, kayaking, riding, camping, etc.) and cruising to points south (Florida Keys, Bahamas, Carribbean) on a sailboat the other half of the year (when it's cold in the mountains). All with my DH of 22 years, of course!

We are taking one step at a time towards that dream. Took the sailing lessons over the past few years, have already started a boat search, and just bought a small piece of property in the NC mountains to build our little cabin. We are very blessed in so many ways....

Emily

[Melalvai]

I've really enjoyed reading everyone's dreams. Thanks for all the great replies.

[solobiker]

One of my dreams is to bike across the country. I don't think DH would be up for that so I would have to find someone to do it with. I would also like to through hike the contential divide trail. It would also be nice to retire early but I am not sure if that would ever be a possibility. May all of your dreams come true.