Disregard the author listed above. It’s not Dad, it’s me. Zoe. This weekend I went to a really cool film camp called the Mad Hatter’s Film Camp. They recorded us singing and shot a music video. Of course, I’ve never
Cenotes Zapote, Palmas & Popol Vuh
Dan here. I’ve been asked by the boss editor-in-chief of this here blog to write up a little ditty about mine and Haley’s trip out cenote hopping a couple days ago. So here we are. Doing the bidding of our
Cenote Fun
It’s Dan this time. Allison is taking a night off to recuperate from her amazing feats of daring acrobatic skills. See below video for highlights. We’ve been in Mexico going on two months now but we’ve hardly done anything REALLY
Q: How can you afford to be on the road full time?
A: Dan has worked for himself since 2001. He’s kind of an idea guy so he’s always working on something. Although he has many irons in the fire, we’ll mention just a few of the more important ones that contribute to
Q: How do you educate your children?
A: We have two girls, current ages 12 and 16. They have been in public school their whole lives until we left the USA in October of 2014. We began homeschooling AND we enrolled them in local school in Pedasi,
Q: What are your language skills?
A: Allison speaks Spanish (read this FAQ to learn why) and the girls are learning it fast. Dan… well he doesn’t. But that’s OK. He gets by just fine. Especially with three ladies in his house that speak Spanish. Having someone
Q: Where will you go next?
A: First there was Panama for 14 months. Mexico was country #2. From there we went to Spain for 3 months, which is all our visa would allow. After Spain was South Africa, where we stayed for 3 months until we
Q: What does your extended family think of what you are doing?
A: No one was too surprised when we announced our plan. We’re known for surprising people with what we are doing. And given that Allison’s mother did this exact same thing with the family when Allison was 13, well, no one
Q: How long do you stay in each place?
A: Our stay in Panama was 14 months. Mexico was 10 months. Spain was 3 months, as limited by the visa for US Citizens. South Africa was also 3 months due to visa limitations, and then Europe again for 3
Q: Do you have a home base in the USA?
A: Nope. We have a storage unit in Gilbert, Arizona. We have a mailing address via Traveling Mailbox and our address with them is in Las Vegas, Nevada. We have family in Oregon, California, Alaska, Maine and Canada. We don’t