Recently, I did a “Day in the Life” series on my Instagram feed. It turned out to be quite popular so I thought I’d share over here. We’ve also posted a Day in the Life: City Edition if you want another peek at what full time travel is like! 7:50am: This is my usual morning…
We spent quite a bit of time in the Pacific Northwest this fall, and even stayed twice at Valley of the Rogue State Park which is located between Medford and Grants Pass, OR. As we were coming south from Washington, we received an email from Brad who graciously invited us to come meet them and…
When I mentioned a power upgrade on Instagram, I received plenty of recommendations, and an overwhelming vote of confidence from those convinced I could do the install myself. I had been planning on having a professional installer do the work, and I thought I’d enumerate my reservations about doing a self-install here, for enlightenment, humor,…
The time has come for operation “Airstream Power Upgrade” or APU for short. When we bought our Airstream, we replaced the 5 year old batteries with flooded batteries from Costco. It was cheap, easy and we didn’t want to figure out other options or power configurations. Lately we’ve been spending more time off grid (or boondocking) and…
Our kids never cease to amaze me. They have adapted so well to this traveling lifestyle of ours and I see them growing and thriving in the most spectacular ways. Hiking is definitely a huge activity for us. We started with short hikes when they were little, and gradually have been able to increase the…
Great post! Stunning photos and virutal fist bumps to your kiddos! Way to go! One question… If you handed over your camera to the person who took your family photo and you were still wearing a camera, does that mean you carry two cameras with you? I always bring the point and click for the kids to use and hand that over but the photo looks to be too good of quality for a point and click!ReplyCancel
Thanks Meg! Yes, we take two cameras. Our other one is the Samsung NX300 and we LOVE it. We bought the body only and the 20mm lens so it will mimic the focal length of our camera phones (about 30mm). It’s a 20mp and has great optics (so better than our camera phones) plus it has the direct wifi feature so we can transfer the images to our phones and post to Instagram.ReplyCancel
We are heading to Yosemite this summer and have been trying to get the kids pumped up about the hiking we hope to do. Thank you for your inspiration! It CAN be done. I also appreciated your article about how to get kids to hike without whining! On our last hike, lollipops and a battery-operated spritzing fan saved the day. Thank you for sharing your experiences.ReplyCancel
Ha! Thank you for the tip about the toilets! We attempted the mile-long hike around Bear Lake in the Rocky Mountains when our sons were younger, only to have the dreaded whining about needing to go to the bathroom about a quarter of the way in.
We can’t wait to explore Yosemite. Your pictures are amazing!ReplyCancel
You are welcome and thanks for reading!! We are backpackers by nature so the bathroom issue isn’t a big deal for us. We figure if our kids REALLY need to go they’ll deal. 🙂 haha Such nice parents. Our only downfall these days is remembering to pack the shovel and toilet paper on long hikes!ReplyCancel
Great to read about this! I always wondered how structures your days were. And what about homeachooling- do you follow a curriculum and take tests? I’ve considered doing it for my son. Glad to see you get some down time too!
Thanks! Glad you found the post. You can find our curriculum for the year here: https://currentlywandering.com/2014/09/15/road-school-curriculum-2014/. Its pretty loose. Utah doesn’t have an testing requirements, so we’re off the hook on that one!
Hi jess! Hope you guys are well! We have almost made it back to Indiana! The day we left you in Death Valley the RV alternator broke and left us stranded on the highway going into Kingman AZ. We ended up getting towed into an repair shop and the nice couple that owned the company took great care of our family. It was fixed the next day and we haven’t had any more issues! The boys were excited about the tow though!
I was excited to see that you are doing the 100 easy lessons book with kara! I am doing that one with Jake as well and love it! Take care!