About carolwhite: I was able to retire from the corporate world at age 52 and begin the next phase of my life -- which has turned out to be traveling and travel writing! My husband, Phil and I took a year long trip around the US, traveling 37,000 miles and having a ball. That lead to the ultimate road trip planner - "Live Your Road Trip Dream" - www.roadtripdream.com. We have traveled in every State in the US, seen all the National Parks in the contiguous 48 states (+ Hawaii & US Virgin Islands), been to several places in the Caribbean, and seen most of Western Europe. We're going to China this fall, and Australia/New Zealand and Africa are on our "must do" list. When we aren't traveling, we enjoy golf, community activities and, most of all, our 8 grandchildren.