I’m also retired. I could afford to go anywhere. But I don’t want to. I’ve been everywhere I want to go, and since I retired, I no longer need vacations.
Travel is just a hassle. I did just spend a week away from home with my sons for Thanksgiving, but only because they threatened to invade my house if I did not. Visiting is much easier than hosting.
I'm in my mid-70s and have the same point of view. There was a time, probably until my late-50s when I loved driving for hours on end and actually enjoyed a whiff of jet fuel at airports. My passports are stamped over and over again from business travel. Most of my pleasure travel came from frequent flyer miles. I've been to Asia, all over Europe, Central America, South America, the Caribbean and places I can't even remember. When I was young I used to laugh at old fogies who just preferred to stay at home. Well sir, now I am one! :)
Truth is, I've become just like Uncle Billy from It's a Wonderful Life:
George Bailey: You know what the three most exciting sounds in the world are?
Uncle Billy: Uh-huh. Breakfast is served. Lunch is served. Dinner...
George Bailey: No, no, no, no! Anchor chains, plane motors and train whistles.
You two are killin’ me. LOL
obviously I can’t count, and I forgot to ping tdscpa, forgetting that he was talking to VerySadAmerican, so now the count is three, plus me, semi-retired.
If this keeps up one of you is going to have to start the geriatric ping list, and I’ll have to be on it. First step, what are the requirements for membership? I have three stents and a defibrillator that ought to count for something. Birth year sixty years into the last century.
PS, I still enjoy driving for hours on end, just not in bad weather or at night when the deer play on the highway.
Travel is good as long as it doesn’t involve airplanes, trains, or boats. Motorcycles are also questionable.