Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Retirement means different things to different people. To Bill Weir on Mount Desert Island, it means paddling his kayak every single day of the year, rain or shine.

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Production Credits:
Produced by Aislinn Sarnacki
Videography by Brian Bechard
Editing by Brian Bechard
Music: Going It Alone by Simply, Letting the Leaves Fall by De Wolfe Music