We just rolled into Sedona via Tucson Arizona by way of Las Cruces New Mexico after pausing in Marfa Texas on our way out of Austin. We’ve been traveling full time for 168 days. We’ve spent all of the major holidays on the road and we’ve had a birthday and are about to have another. […]
Captains Log. Day 90.
Ok, actually its Day 128…. I wrote this post a while back and couldn’t publish it. A lot has happened since I wrote this. I withheld it, if I’m to be honest, because I didn’t want my mother or my wife’s parents to know that I’d hurt myself because I didn’t want them to worry. I’m better […]
Captain’s Log. Day 73.
Friday night was the first time that we were forced to make a split decision due to weather. We had been in Asheville for the month of October. We have some fluid plans with two sets of friends in the Atlanta region but our next firm date isn’t until later in November with a giant mouse and […]
Captains Log. Day 64.
We’ve been on the road for just over 2 months and 3,870 miles. If it takes 21 days to form a habit… then we’re deep into the road trip habit. For the month of October we’ve been stationed in Asheville, NC. Asheville is a small mountain town in Western North Carolina. We first visited Asheville a few […]
Captains Log. Day 61.
Its our 10-Year anniversary. In Asheville North Carolina We’ve been traveling full-time for 2 months and we’ve driven 3801 miles since the day we left although we’re only 999 miles door to door from our first stop, go figure. We’re Living Smaller and Its’ Totally OK. We’ve been living day in day out in 230(ish) […]
Traveling full time from her side.
We’ve really settled into life on the road. It’s starting to feel pretty normal to us. Driving days are still chaotic. I used to feel crazed getting the 3 kids dressed, fed, backpacks packed and stuffing them into the car to be on time for school. Now imagine having to secure all of your belongings […]
What’s it Like to Travel Full Time?
Traveling full-time isn’t like you’re on vacation. You’re still living. At least we are. We’re not retired. We’re raising kids. Becky’s edumacatin’em. I’m making money. We haven’t set off into the sunset for piña coladas on a beach….in a thong. Actually I’m totally wearing a thong most days. I’m wearing one right now. A typical day […]
We Loved Charlottesville VA But Couldn’t Move There in the End
Charlottesville had the best fried chicken we had on the whole trip. Yes this is a factor in deciding where to move. In the end however, it wasn’t enough. There’s a carousel in the middle of town of which my kids could not get enough. In fact the whole downtown is friggin great. The children’s […]
Captains Log. Day 28.
We’ve been traveling for 4 weeks. It seems like forever and it seems like we just started…if you know what I mean. There are some real benefits and some real challenges to full-time travel that we’ve found in this first month. This is, by far, the longest trip I’ve ever been on, even if we […]
Captains Log. Day 26.
We’ve been on the road full-time for nearly a month. My last log entry was from Raystown Lake PA two weeks ago. Since breaking free of the Northeast the driving conditions have improved significantly.
Road School at Gettysburg
Jr Ranger Badges at Gettysburg We’ve been hyping up the Jr Ranger Badge program the National Park Foundation offers for months now. Gettysburg was sort of just a pit stop to break up the drive so Brecht worked and I took the kids to the National Military Park in Gettysburg. Before we left we talked a […]
Road School Is In Session
I’ve been wanting to write about a number of things, but I’ve been so crazy exhausted at the end of each night. So…school. The kids joke about calling me Mrs. Palombo when we do school work. It’s been hard to get them to sit down and do formal work. Hard for a couple of reasons. First […]
Captains Log. Day 12.
I feel stronger. My father has a dynamometer in his office and growing up in my late teens and through all of my 20s and even into the beginning of my 30s I could show up and pick the thing up and squeeze off 160… damn near the top of the scale. Over the past […]
Captains Log. Day 11.
There’s a stark contrast in the aesthetics of eastern and central Pennsylvania. Central Pennsylvania is gorgeous. Eastern Pennsylvania is…. not. We traversed PA via 87 to 84 to 80 and it is horrendous. Each state I’ve driven through I’ve thought to myself… I’m going to write a post and award this state the F-U and Your Friggin Roads Award […]
Captains Log. Day 7.
We’ve made it through one week. Old Orchard Beach was a bit of an odd place to start. It was much more “Jersey Shore” for Quebecers than it was “camping” per se. It was interesting that in the park we stayed it seemed French was the dominant language. In Maine mind you, south of Portland. I had […]
We’ve Survived Our First Real Drive
Through much snacking, smacking, and a whole host of electronic devices, we survived our first real drive. – Becky
The ‘Nomadic Brood’ Train Has Left the Station
I’ve been hesitant to post here about the trip. In fact I’ve written more than a half-dozen posts so far and all but one sits in queue… mainly because “Nomadic Brood” is a pretty lofty name for a family that had yet to go anywhere. But now we’ve done it. Over the last few months we liquidated […]
The Nomadic Brood’s Roadtrip Planning Map
We’ve got a lot of places we want to go. In addition to a whole host of parks, trails, cities, and other attractions we’re really interested in meeting up with the right people along the way. If you listen to Bootstrapped With Kids or you’re following us here and you think your town is one […]