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Mount Jackson

You don’t have to have a ton of money to have a retirement worth living for. I was reminded of this last week while spending time at our log cabin in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

The highlight of our trip ended up being a hike, which was basically free, and not all of the other attractions that drain the wallet and add to the waistline.

We did three hikes. Two were pretty easy and one was tough.  Mount Jackson was the tough one. It’s one of the 4,000 footers in the Presidential Range. The nice thing about this 4,000 footer is you start at around 1,000 ft.

What stands above everything else when hiking with your kids (and grandkids) is how much they talk.

After about 3 hours or two-thirds of the way up it’s “When are we going to be there?”, “This is the last hike I’m doing this trip”. But before that and for two-thirds of the way down it’s random topics and questions that money can’t buy.

The night before, for example, we went to DQ (Dairy Queen) and I explained how it’s owned by Warren Buffett.

One question the next day on the trail was, “Does Warren Buffett know his employees’ names?” Not long after I replied “probably not” and started my dissertation on Berkshire Hathaway they were on to the next topic while I continued thinking about Buffett.

It’s the talking and the thinking that keeps everyone moving.

I’d like to think hiking is something we can do at home. Walks are great. But there’s something about being stuck on a trail that brings it all out. It was an important reminder that some of the greatest treasures life has to offer aren’t expensive, aren’t necessarily easy, and are there for the taking by those interested in the finer things in life.

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E.J. Smith

Editor-in-Chief
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@youngresearch.com.