We sold our house and set out to travel full time on April 22, 2016, and with 7 full months under our belts, here’s a quick look at our journey so far: Months traveling so far: 7. I meant to write …
Category: Travel
5 Tips for Surviving Travel Days With Kids
Travis and I took Kyle on his first long, out of state vacation when he was 16 months old and first trip abroad when he was 4. Travel days are tough, period. Flight delays, traffic, boredom, waiting in line after …
Going Somewhere New? Here’s A City Quick-Study Guide
Learning the ropes of a new city can be exhausting, especially when you’re doing it over and over and over again. Here’s how we prepare before arriving in a new place: Go in to the new place knowing that we can’t …
How To Choose An Airbnb Rental And Swing A Discount
I spend the better part of yesterday evening figuring out our travel plans for the next 3.5 months. It is a funny thing being without a “home base”/homeless and not being in a long term rental again probably until the …
Master Packing Lists For Any Trip
I have a packing list for just about every activity and type of travel under the sun. Below I’ve shared my core lists for each of the 3 of us for just about any trip. These lists work for a weekend …
Road Trip Food – This Is How We Do It
Props to the 90s enthusiasts who are now all singing Montell Jordan. Confused? Let’s move on: If we’re on the road for a 12 hour day, here’s a quick and dirty list of what we pack to eat. This is assuming we’re going to …
How We Travel
I’ve encountered a number of traveling families who bounce around quite a bit and cover ground really quickly. That’s cool and all, but it’s not for us. We did a long Europe trip in the fall of 2015 and hit …
Educating Kyle
We are raising Kyle to be a kind, loving, compassionate, self-disciplined, well-informed, humble yet bold, generous, considerate person. I hope he develops passions that lead to a satisfying career and life. I hope he enjoys his life and consciously makes …
Mountain Biking Boo Boo
We love biking. Last summer in Tahoe, Travis’ cousins were kind enough to loan us their bikes for a couple of weeks so we could check out some trails. Of course we fell in love with the sport and bought …
Amanda’s Epic Health Saga
My health took a nosedive when I was about 7 months pregnant in February 2011. Both sides of our family were going through major trauma and I absorbed the stress of those events like a sponge. I then had 22 …