Well our journey has begun. We have been on the road a little over a week and it is now, our first full day in Cartagena. I woke up early this morning, someone playing very loud dance music on or near the beach. I'm not sure where it's coming from but it was quite an effective alarm clock, ahhh Colombia. Makai is still sleeping, despite the driving beat and as I look at his …
Leaving Home
As we got closer and closer to leaving for a life of perpetual travel things got busier and busier. So much so, at the end of last week I felt a lot like I did the night I delivered Makai: exhausted, in shock and overjoyed all at once. We accomplished so much, tied up most of our growing loose ends. But we still didn't get everything we wanted to get done, done. Seriously, 2 …
The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth
The biggest outdoor party in Canada begins first Friday in July, annually, in Calgary, Alberta. The Calgary Stampede is touted as “The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth” with stampede jubilation growing from Stampede Park and spreading out all over the city. The first Stampede was in 1912, it is an annual rodeo, exhibition and festival that now runs for 10 days every July, …
Why Travel When Mak Won’t Remember?
Chronologically Makai was born and then we decided to travel perpetually."Why travel now when he's so young when he won't remember anyway?" is a question a lot of people have when we talk about our decision. I have never asked that question of myself as we work to make our dream a reality. Many other questions were asked and answered of us by us but that one was not one of …
Getting Carried Away: Early Lessons in Unschooling
To much of a good thing? I didn't think there was much truth to this saying when it came to unschooling! Letting Makai run with an idea or pursue an interest all day or for weeks, letting him decide the direction for learning is what attracted us to unschooling in the first place. People learn best when they are truly interested in the subject matter, wanting to spend time …