Family Vagabonding

How is it that we’ve wandered the globe, yet somehow, these Hawaii kids didn’t know snow? Imagine discovering it for the first time, as Sacagawea did just a couple of weeks ago, as our travels took us to Winter Park Colorado. She and Dundee learned to ski, we fell in love with tubing, and we [...]

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In honor of tonight’s State of the Union, figured this photo deserved top billing. We ran across this tuk tuk in Chiang Mail, Thailand, back a couple of months ago. Everywhere we traveled throughout Asia, people wanted to talk with us about our President. In him, they see hope; they see opportunity; they see our [...]

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It’s technically not “sneaking in” if we paid first, then left, only to return through an unmarked gate amidst the crowd. Right? Never mind the very serious looking Thai police flanking the stadium. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and good seats for the big game of the year – Chiang Mai vs Thailand’s powerhouse [...]

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Maybe it’s the retro-techno-remix of Gloria Gaynor blasting on the car stereo, the truckload of pigs oinking at us through the bars, or the wild mix of mopeds, tuk-tuks, rattletrap trucks and cars blasting through Bosang. Or maybe it’s Udon, our local driver and new best friend. One thing’s for sure . . . Thailand’s [...]

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Notes from a bleary-eyed traveler just trying to capture the essence . . . maybe one day it’ll get re-written to make more sense, but for now, notes from the road. . . Flying into Bangkok, it seemed we’d been traveling for days. We’d completely lost Monday . . . never really sure what happens [...]

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It’s always good to know we’re not alone. No, we’re not crazy, others are doing the same thing, and we can give our kids something better than the failing education system. In their Education Nation series recently, NBC focused on the many aspects of education in America, including our own version of “roadschooling.” TODAY Show [...]

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