I'm a 57 year old who had the good fortune to retire in 2013. Worked from 1979-2013 in Oncology, Orthopedics, ISU and Detox.
My husband and I have a cabin in the San Bernardino mountains in California ( Running Springs). We spend summers here and go throughout the year. We have a travel trailer and take long trips and short camping trips with the 3 dogs and now the parrot.
We have 11 tortoises; one Ibera Greek, 3 California Deserts and 7 Redfoots. Each species has outdoor environments that meet their specific environment. Some are kept dry with deep burrows and others have large insulated, heated houses with increased humidity. I really enjoy gardening for them and keeping their yards full of edible foods, water etc. they're easy to own.
I owned a CAG for 17 years and she died of Kidney disease. In early November 2015 we got a 5 month old Timneh Grey, from Old World Aviaries. She is perfect. I am working on recall/ target training with her, she is almost ready to have an Aviator Harness put on. She has gone camping twice in the travel trailer. She's a perfect baby!
