Publisher's Synopsis
Are You a South Puget Sound Boomer on the Loose?
Is your inner retiree ready break loose in Washington's South Sound but unsure of where to start? Is home base in or near the counties of Pierce, Thurston, Kitsap, or Mason?
If so...start your retirement journey by exploring the nearly limitless options for retirees inside this book. South Sound Boomers want active, meaningful, fun ideas, and we've laid them out for you!
- Uncover your unique gifts, pursue your interests and passions.
- Find opportunities to make a difference, volunteer your time.
- Experience the rich diversity of activities in Puget Sound.
- Pursue cultural opportunities - art, theater, film, photography, music, reading, teaching, and history.
- Learn something new; dust off an old hobby or pick up a new one.
- Care more about our environment, animals, and each other!
- Get and stay healthy and fit.
- Enjoy the outdoors - walk, hike, cycle, paddle, garden, and more.
- Appreciate our unique landscape of inlets, estuaries, mountains, forests, wetlands, cities, towns, and harbors.
- Find lots of places for community and social connection.
And so much more...
Retirees in South Puget Sound will find this guide an invaluable multi-purpose retiree resource. Use Boomers on the Loose(R) South Sound to help you:
Get a clearer picture of your retirement vision. Start a journey of self-discovery with questions in CHAPTER 1: WHO AM I? These prompt you to think carefully about your passions, values, talents, life experience, personality, and preferences.
Identify areas of interest(s). Using your responses to Who Am I? questions, browse summaries of retiree-popular interest areas in CHAPTER 2: INTEREST AREAS, to define yours.
Go deeper into options related to your interest(s). Explore a wide variety of options within your favorite interest area(s) in the book's core interest area chapters. Expect surprises! CHAPTERS 3-25.
Take it local. Find specific places in South Sound communities to express your passions. Check out our extensive 160-page RESOURCE APPENDICES, conveniently organized by interest category, county, city, and town.
Get ready to have fun on the loose....
