This one hits a little close to home...
...as it
seems we have a class of nomadic old folks, travelling from place to place, in vans and small campers, still looking for work well into what should be their retirement years. Some of the work is seasonal in nature, some of it just requires warm bodies willing to do bullshit work (e.g., cleaning campsite toilets).
It's not a retirement that too many of us conjure, but given the lack of pension plans anymore, the paucity of 401ks, an economy that still hasn't entirely recovered, and the lack of affordable housing for those hard hit by the Great Recession it's not surprising. And likely to become more prevalent. It'll be like the
Okies of the 21st century, only with nothing but old folks.
Needless to say, haven't told the Beautiful Girl about this one--don't want her imagining our twilight years full of Ben-Gay, Advil, heating pads, and living in a van down by the river.
Peace,
emaycee
