SEMI Retirement

February was a great month.

I had the opportunity to work on a great story for AARP. You know...American Association for Retired Persons. Well actually, they don't really go by that now. Its just AARP.

I got to shoot an new video.

They did a story on people who decide to change careers in their 50s. I spent a week traveling with the perfect all-American family from Bel Air, Maryland to Dallas, Texas. Jack and Eloise Murtaugh spent most of their lives working in sales. They met each other after previous marriages. After a few years they realized the benefits of joining a trucking company. They could work together, travel, see family spread all over the country. In the bigger picture, they saw trucking as a real opportunity to transition into retirement. They are done raising their children..but they don't want to move away yet. They get to travel...but they still earn needed money.

The Murtaugh's were incredibly kind and generous people. They were open and responded with genuine answers. They invited me into their house and offered me a place to stay. I had to constantly turn their offers down and remind them about my ethical limits.

It was really quite interesting to see their home within the truck. It was home. Eloise was living it up. She sparred no expense in making the truck comfortable. To Jack, trucking was still a job...to Eloise, trucking was a lifestyle.

It was certainly an assignment I will remember for a while.