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YOUR ONLINE GUIDE TO RETIRING IN THE PUGET SOUND REGION

Planning your retirement? Looking for moderate climate all year round, beautiful country-side, retirement residences that offer a large variety of activities for your life style, and pocket book.

Let us introduce you to the Pacific Northwest and especially the beauty of the Puget Sound region. Island life, country life, city life, rural and cosmopolitan life styles - it’s all here. The Evergreen State. And opportunities for every income level.

One place to start when planning your retirement, is to go to the following web site: http://www.retiredlifefun.com. Written by a married couple, Peg and Dick Canning, it is a practical guide that everyone approaching retirement age as well any one already retired should read. The advice they give will help you a lot.

There are over 50 active senior centers within an hours drive from each other, so cards, exercise classes, dances, and a host of other activities are available. We know people who go to one senior center for certain activities and to others for something else. Pool players for instance visit other locations. Ethnic diversity makes it possible to visit a variety of senior centers to enjoy their cultural programs and lunch program.

Just as important is that there are over 50 retirement housing facilities around Puget Sound, offering the best of easy living. In addition there is a large selection of assisted living facilities and mixed housing designed to ease the transition from an active life style to assisted living should that become necessary. If you are interested in living in your own home, we can give you the names of real estate agents who specialize in finding the right place for senior citizens. Please see the name and address of a couple agents whom we can recommend.

The weather is invigorating all year round, not too hot or too cold most of the time - making you feel that you shouldn’t stay home and be isolated. With so much to do you and helpful people who will be happy to give you advice and encouragement.