It’s officially half-time. We have been on the road for 5 ½ months, halfway through an 11-month journey. I started this journey full of ambition. Ambition to reach a goal, ambition to do something big and something a little bit scary. Choosing not to work, choosing to leave a comfortable home. Choosing to leave friends and routine. I am a...
Spanish first, English translation below Hola! Acabamos de ir a Hot Springs Arkansas. Cuando empieza nosotros eligió un magnífica campamento. Era muy plano y tenía conexiones completas. Hay un pequeño río también! Después de esto, nosotros caminar en un 3 milla caminata a un roca que se llama “Roca de Cabra”. Era un muy interesante...
Thanksgiving is hands-down my favorite holiday. A day for giving thanks. Gratitude for the abundance I have been blessed with. A day for food and friends and family. We celebrate this Thanksgiving with our dear friends the Swygerts in Nashville. I am grateful for them on many levels, one of which is the ability to call them out of the...
We spent the past week in the Virginias, effectively marking the end of the first half of our trip. It’s hard to believe but November 26 marks 5 months on the road! In 5 months, we have travelled 14,778 miles and have seen all states north of the 37th parallel. We have a couple of weeks of R&R planned in Charlotte and Nashville and then the second half of the...
Let me begin this by stipulating the following: I think people who choose to homeschool their children are largely insane. I say this with some affection. I know people who homeschool their children and I know adults who were homeschooled as children. These people appear reasonably sane to me. Still, I think it is utter madness to willingly take children out of...
Spanish first, English translation below: Hola! Iremos a la Ciudad de Nueva York hace tres días. Era fantástico! Iremos en un tren y metro para llegar y después corren en la lluvia a un apartamento de amigas de mi mama. La apartamento era hermosa y los amigos era muy simpático. Luego de comimos almuerzo nos aventuramos en la...
Cover image is “Stone Cottage” near Val-Kil, Eleanor Roosevelt’s cottage at Hyde Park Spanish First, English Second Hola! Hoy se fue a Hyde Park! Primer, nosotros fue a la Culinary Institute de América y ver como ellos hecho todo de las panes, pasteles y todo delicioso postres. Puedo ver un panadera hizo un pastel con chocolate y un otra panadera...
I have lived in homes large and small. Dorm rooms, apartments, tiny bungalows and large houses. Dorm room notwithstanding, my homes have ranged in size from just under 1,000 sq ft to over 4,000 sq ft. All that makes our current living arrangement seem a little crazy. Dan, the girls and I share 339 sq ft. Some days this seems incredibly normal, other...
For those of you keeping up, you know that the top 2 parks I was most excited to visit on this trip were Glacier and Acadia. Glacier ended up being amazing. Which of course just added to my personal hopes (as well as those of the family) to have a great time in Acadia. During the planning of our trip, I lost count of how many people told me Acadia was by far and...
Deciding where to park Moby has turned us into parking connoisseurs. Doesn’t that sound glamorous? More than 3 months on the road has honed our site selection capability. We now have a very specific point of view on all things RV parking related. But first some RV basics. RV’s need 3 things: power, water and sewer access. It’s worth a little up-front...