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How Did I Get to This!?

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 My first blog, Journey to Panama, describes the adventures of my move to Panama for retirement with my then husband, Bryant, in 2018.  His Panama adventure ended a year later when he returned to the U.S. and we divorced the following year.  We remain friendly. Finding myself now single in a foreign country was not my retirement plan!  But, I am my dad's daughter and life's challenges and diversions are just unplanned opportunities.  As the December holidays were approaching in 2019, I decided on a new adventure... riding horses in the Andes of Argentina with friends that settled in the Boquete area from Canada.  My dad being from Montreal was the icebreaker. After all, I am part Canadian by ... injection!   As the date approached for the final payment, a little voice in my head said "Call your cousin Malori and go on one of her Jewish single's cruises instead of freezing your butt off riding a horse and camping in the Andes!  What?  Are you nuts?  A 66 year old doing