Tag: world schooling

Back on Board!

We spent 4 months on Banyan in the spring of last year and put her to bed while we RV’d all over the US and Canada.  We had an awesome time and it was mainly necessary because of work… and I really wanted to spend the holidays with family.  Now, I can not begin to …

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Late Departures and Casino Parking Lots – Living the #RVlifestyle

Just about a month ago, we were a bit eager to be on our way south.   With the dropping temps in Canada, things were getting a little chilly in the old RV.  Nothing on the RV had frozen yet, but it was only a matter of time.  So eager were we that we would …

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Closing Down the National Parks

Our plan when we left our boat in Mexico was to slowly meander north, hitting as many National Parks as we could. We made it to a few in the beginning, but work and play pulled us in other directions until early September. With a budding Paleontologist on board, the promise of fossils pulled us …

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The Family Adventure Summit

So, back in May, on a hard-to-get-to beach in Mexico, we met the coolest couple, the Duvals.  They have lived in their off roading van (a very tricked out Sportsmobile) with their two small children for the last three years.  I spied them on the beach one morning.  I whipped out the binoculars, saw kids …

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The Great Pacific Friends and Family Tour Part II

So, remember how I said that Katie Walker (our RV) couldn’t off road?  Well…  everyone surprises you at times, don’t they? Late July found us in Yolo County, inspecting baby grape vines which we have on order for our Canadian project.  It was an educational stop for all of us with a tour of the …

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Back to School

The girls had a little break from the time they left school in Canada until we got to Guaymas.  We were just having too much fun traveling to do much schooling.   They had their “summer” break in February and March. They did lots of fun (and educational) things during that time.  In Hawaii, we …

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Boat Schooling Aboard Banyan

Okay, so I am not alone in feeling that homeschooling, was by far and away the hardest and possibly the worst part of cruising.  Recently, at a meet-up over July 4th on Bainbridge Island I did a little informal survey.  We got together with SV Agamere at their home.  SV Wild Rumpus was there in …

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