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RAGBRAI On FIRE
Almost two decades ago, my girlfriend said something like this to me: There is a bicycle ride across Iowa called RAGBRAI! Let’s do it! At this point, I thought that my future wife was insane. Riding...
View ArticlePort Aransas, Austin, FinCon, And The Tesla Gigafactory
Mindy and I just got back from Texas. The main point of the trip was to attend a personal finance creator conference (FinCon), but we flew out a little early and went to the beach. I don’t like to sit...
View ArticleSeattle And Friday Harbor!
The girls are on spring break this week, so we got out of town. We flew into Seattle and spent time with friends near Alki Beach. We then headed north to Friday Harbor. Longtime readers of this blog...
View ArticleRandom Adventures In Germany!
I don’t appreciate travel as much as others in the FIRE community. Seeing other parts of the world is fun, but there is a lot of value to being in the same place with the same friends and same routine....
View ArticlePerformance Update, May 2022: Maximum OOF!
My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of...
View ArticleInspiration Stagnation/ Road Trip!
I’ve been writing here for almost 10 years now. For most of that time, I’m never at a loss for inspiration. My crazy brain is always throwing ideas at me. But lately, I haven’t been feeling it. I ask...
View ArticleRoad Trip: Update 2! (Boise And Sunriver)
And we made it to Sunriver! But not without a little drama. The Check Engine light came on somewhere in Idaho. We took the car to an auto parts store for diagnosis and fortunately the problem wasn’t a...
View ArticleCalifornia Slow Coasting
This blog will return to normal programming shortly (finance, farts, and dinosaurs). However, summers are pretty busy with the girls out of school. Posts where I show you some pictures are easy, so...
View ArticleThoughts On Slow Travel
We are in the Hawaiian islands. Our first stop was the Big Island where we stayed with our good friends Laura and Randy. We first met Laura and Randy at FinCon in 2014. We got along great from the...
View ArticleNovember Performance. It’s All Good.
My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of...
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