Retirement on the Installment Plan

Life and times on and off the road.

I discovered John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee series of novels at about the same time that I started working for myself at the age of 18. As a young Floridian, the boat bum’s lifestyle appealed to me and his life as a “salvage consultant” aboard his houseboat The Busted Flush was always an exciting read. He got back money, restored reputations and saved…