now 62. “We moved to 18

acres of farmland we had

bought earlier as an invest-

ment, and built one house for

us and our two feenagers and -
‘ another place for ovr aging

pare:

“We could write 2 funny

‘book about how we learned
_to farm with our sheep, cows
and chickens.”

“After their sons left home,
‘the Harbrinks sold the farm
and travelled around in a

camper. srailer. “We eventually
found the ideal spot where
: built a rancher,” John’
“We have a sailboat.and
continue to travel in our trail

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is pretty good.”

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have always been carefisl
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RRSPs and splitting income.’

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