Yeah the way they were able to do it is by living frugally through college in a trailer. They then were teachers for several years living in the same trailer they pulled to the school district they worked in. Then they were able to get comparatively high paying jobs working for a General Motors. So they had decent pay in comparison to how frugal they were. They still live extremely frugally and everything is paid off. In my mind they have never really got out and enjoyed their savings. They are very simple and don't really like to travel for some reason.