The past year has been a pretty fabulous one in terms of my continuing adventures in retirement! One big difference from earlier years is that I didn't use my van (usually loaded with kayaks, bikes, and hiking gear) nearly as much. Instead, I flew to places that were farther away, and then explored those places by train, boat, or bus, on foot, by bike, or in rented vehicles. My destinations also changed: More foreign countries, more cities, more museums and cultural sites, and fewer remote wilderness locations, fewer hard rivers, and fewer multi day hikes and paddling trips. Partly a concession to aging and partly an embrace of a more complex set of interests than I had in my earlier years of tripping and traveling. So here's the overview: Five weeks in Central America in January and February, four weeks in Florida in March, most of the summer with friends and family around my home in Pennsylvania, about nine weeks in Nordic countries from Icela...