We’ve arrived (again!) in California, this time on a one way flight. France gave us quite the parting gift — a major heat wave! — in late June when we made our trip back to the US, bringing seven suitcases, a bike box, and two backpacks with us. Heat waves are called “canicules” in France,

It’s been nearly a month since our last post, but it’s been an important one for us as we evaluated our first year of retirement and made some decisions about what the future holds for us. As you may remember from our early posts, we had planned to spend this first year of retirement in