We have an addition to the family, and no, it’s not a sibling for Sydney. It’s a new blog! It seems like every traveler and traveling family have their own blogs now, but you rarely see any blog posts from that of the children being dragged around the world by their wander-crazed parents. All families interested in long term travel worry about their kids and have no idea of the impact of such an unconventional decision will have on them. Will »

Choosing between having our 6-year old daughter learn about the Costa Rican rainforest by watching episodes of Dora the Explorer on TV, or to experience it in person was an easy one. Let’s go to Costa Rica! With our airline tickets purchased, various lodgings and a 4-wheel drive rental car reserved, we will be leaving next month for a 12 day tour of Costa Rica, and possibly a side trip into Nicaragua. We are very excited about this fun and very »

On our recent trip to Kauai we had Sydney, our 6-year old daughter, keep a travel journal as part of her school work. Here is what she wrote: The comment on this last one was from Sydney’s Kindergarten teacher.

After spending the day flying to the Hawaiian island of Kauai from the mainland we made our way to Costco and Safeway to buy groceries for our stay. While the food is really expensive in Hawaii, Costco’s prices are generally the same prices as they are on the mainland. We filled every nook and cranny of our rental car with luggage and groceries and then made our way to the north shore of the island where we would be staying 7 peaceful days, or »