When you live in a place, it’s easy to take the sites and activities for granted.
As native New Yorkers, it’s especially easy because the work pace of this city is so fast. However, having untethered from office work, we finally have the time and mental bandwidth to visit the places on our excursion wish list.
We keep a running list of places we want to visit, so that when we see or hear of something, we can add it to the list and not forget about it.
We also keep a list of free admission days because many museums and cultural sites have special offers. If you’re not mindful of discounts, ticket prices can quickly add up – and expense reduction is a key strategy for reaching FIRE!
The late May, early June weather has been beautifully cooperative in New York City, so we focused on getting outside and around nature. We took several excursions worth highlighting:
We are Scott and Caroline, 50-somethings who spent the first 20+ years of our adult lives in New York City, working traditional careers and raising 2 kids. We left full-time work in our mid-40’s for location-independent, part-time consulting projects and real estate investing, in order to create a more flexible and travel-centric lifestyle. 
Financial independence and early retirement is not something we originally focused on, but over time realized it was possible. Our free report, 
