After Rita's diagnosis of mixed dementia and subsequent stroke, this episode follows her and her partner's journey through anticipatory planning, caregiving, medical crises, and end-of-life decisions. They celebrate meaningful moments, advocate within strained health systems, and ultimately honor Rita's wishes after her passing.

Through grief, relocation, and fulfilling promises, the story reflects on love, resilience, and the rituals that keep memories alive.

Alan and Rita move into their Canadian home, gratefully finding it already well-equipped by the thoughtful previous owners. They settle in, explore the large garden, and enjoy the peace of country life.

Their happiness turns to grief when the author’s brother in England suddenly dies; the family copes with funeral arrangements, travel, and deep sorrow. Back in Canada they throw themselves into home repairs—discovering and fixing structural rot—and accept friends’ invitations to spend winters in Florida.

The episode ends with gratitude for friends, reflections on health and love, and an outlook of continued travel and life changes ahead.

Our nomadic duo recounts selling their beloved self-built home in Mexico, a hurried road trip back through the U.S., and the emotional decisions that followed as they move between Canada and the UK. They face homesickness, renovations, family health struggles, and the challenges of adapting to changing lives and finances.

Ultimately they decide to return to Canada, settle into a new bungalow in Luskville/Pontiac, and reflect on the bittersweet trade-offs of leaving friends and familiar comforts behind.

An adventurous couple recounts their travels between Mexico, the U.S. and the U.K., generous encounters with strangers, scenic road trips and lively reunions with old friends.

They upgrade their trailer and home, face Hurricane Nora’s devastating flood in Baja that damages their casa, endure a mysterious bite, then rebuild, welcome visitors and reconsider their future as they restore and improve their desert home.

After a dramatic rescue that led to a bravery award for Bob, Alan leaves banking to become a financial controller, then decides to retire early. He and Rita sell their house, buy a van and trailer, and undertake a long, nerve-wracking cross-continent journey to Baja, Mexico.

In Baja they face unexpected costs and challenges but find a perfect lot, build a small home, join a lively community, and adapt to a new, relaxed life filled with projects, parties, and generous neighbors.

After a midnight move to Marina del Rey, the dynamic duo finish and launch a self-built sailboat; without a mast, survive a chaotic prop-shaft failure and other DIY mishaps, and finally get the mast, sails and other outstanding tasks completed.

Life at the marina brings new friends, celebrity encounters, lively visitors, and romance for friends Marty and Ava, while the couple enjoys the boating lifestyle and social scene.

Money troubles later force the sale of the boat and a return to Canada, followed by new business ventures, setbacks, and ultimately resilience and family reunions.

A lively memoir of our couple’s years running a lakeside marina—filled with island parties, steaks, hard work, winter hardships, and community ties.

When family obligations and the lure of warmer weather lead them to California, business risks and personal projects follow: a failed investment rescuing a cousin’s business, then the ambitious DIY completion of a 35-foot sailboat in a gritty boatyard.

The episode traces the highs and lows—friendship, tough rural life, financial setbacks, and the resilient spirit that keeps them building, laughing and moving forward.

A fast-paced memoir episode that follows a delayed flight back to England to face a warm family reunion, career upheaval, health scares, and the decision to leave a high-pressure business life.

After returning to Canada not knowing what they were going to do there but with the knowledge that Canada is where they were the happiest. The couple buy a struggling marina on Whitestone Lake and rebuild their lives, integrating into a tight-knit community while finding purpose and peace, but exhausting.