We are doing this blog to document this amazing adventure with our family but also to provide inspiration and information for others that may be considering something similar. Not only will this be a detailed destination guide, it will also document a lot of our personal thoughts, feelings and reflections along the way. There will be posts written by each member of our family to get each of our different perspectives. Posts will fall into the following general categories:
- Trip Planning Guide – As we assemble all the necessary things for our trip (packing lists, travel insurance, gear, etc.) and start planning our itinerary and finalizing our budget, we will provide details and links for all the best resources we find.
- Detailed destination guide for family travel. This will not be high end travel, we will be traveling on a strict budget. We will document everywhere we stay along the way and provide a review of the accommodation, the destination, the things we loved and the things we hated.
- Roadschooling/homeschooling. This is completely new to us and we are just starting to research how we will homeschool/roadschool our kids while we are away. We will provide links and reviews of the best resources we find.
- Personal blogs – A big part of this blog will be to document our reflections and thoughts on the experience along the way. This is a monumentally huge change in our lives that we hope will have a lifelong impact on all of us.
- Dealing with Crohns’ and Colitis. We both suffer from Crohns’ Disease (me) and Ulcerative Colitis (Brett). The diseases have led to multiple surgeries for both of us and some of the darkest times of our lives. Luckily we found each other and we help each other to keep a positive attitude and understand what the other is going through. We would like to show others suffering with these diseases that they don’t have to keep you at home or limit your ability to travel and experience the world
- CrossFit. We both love to workout and enjoy the community that CrossFit has provided to us for the last several years at CrossFit Stumptown in Portland. We plan to drop into as many CrossFit gyms as we can during our trip – both to keep in shape and meet locals who can give us pointers on where to visit.
I imagine the purpose and scope of this blog may change over time…we’ll keep updating as we go.