No Regrets

When we sold our house, a car and most of our stuff a few months ago, we did it for one reason – no regrets. We didn’t want to be one of the millions of people who look back on their lives saying, “I wish I would have spent more time with my kids. They grew […]

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23 Things We Learned from 23 Days on the Road

When our family of 5 piled into a van for 23 days to travel on an epic road trip of over 3,000 miles, we were super excited about what we were going to see.  Little did we know just how much we would learn… Here’s 23 Things We Learned From Our Epic 23 Day Road Trip […]

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And We Are Off!

We did it!  After 9 months of prep, we finally hit the road!!!!  🙂 Life was such a whirlwind those first weeks of August that when we finally got on the road August 16th we took off a little bit like a mini tornado (along with the realization that we would need to stop for groceries […]

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These Walls Can’t Hold Us

We all walk this journey in life on our own paths.  Some are tame, some are wild and some are pretty ordinary.  And sometimes the paths we find ourselves on are not the path we imagined as a child. When we begin this world as little kids, the whole world is a fascination, something to […]

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Family Outdoor Gear Essentials I Will Always Pack

This last weekend our family made a last minute decision to hop in the car for a 2,000 mile trip.   Yes, you read that right, a last minute decision for a road trip that most would never endure… And it was totally worth it! We drove through the night from Nebraska to Montana after […]

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Project Gap Year Launch Day
Project Gap Year

I had big plans for today. For months I envisioned all five of us packed into our Rav4 with a suitcase each, waving goodbye to our house with plans to only return to officially pack everything up in our POD around the closing date of our house sale. I had envisioned us clapping and singing in […]

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Why We Decided Not To Get A Motorhome.

A few months ago when we announced our plans to take an Gap Year to travel with our kids between our boys 5th and 6th grade year, we contemplated getting an RV. It seems so iconic.  Get and RV and see the US National Parks.  Take your house with you.  Stretch out on the road. […]

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The Trip Of A Lifetime

You hear people talking about their dream vacation or their once-in-a-life time trip and you dream about your perfect vacation, but to actually be doing it?  UNREAL!!!  🙂 To step off the plane and see this!!!!! Ok, we will probably see the airport first, but you get the point.  😉 For years my husband and I […]

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Life Isn’t An Emergency

As I pulled the covers up over my shoulders and turned to my husband to chat, I felt a wash of relief come over me. “We don’t have to push so hard to accomplish everything by June 1st do we?” “No,” he said.  “This is supposed to be about reprioritizing our lives, not driving us crazy.” Up until […]

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This Totally Caught Me Off Guard

A few months ago we decided that our goal was to sell about 80% of what we own before we start our Gap Year because stuff drives us crazy.  Besides clothes, books and two nice lamps, I’m pretty sure my husband and I could be minimalists.  But our house doesn’t reflect that right now…with 3 […]

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