Pre-Roadtrip Prep

How do you prepare for something like this? I started this process with the naive thinking that I could literally leave my job, pack up my apt and move into my car and start driving around to cool places without much thought or scheduling. I quickly realized that taking a dog on a trip like this…

5,000 Days Later

I did it! After working, nearly every day for 5,000 days (almost 14 years), I walked into my boss’ office and gave my notice. To be honest, it was pretty anti-climatic. No fireworks, no clowns jumping out of the closet, no staplers thrown, just a calm conversation that began with, “I’m leaving.” My boss of course…

When Are We Leaving?

I keep hearing about this trip we are going to take but every day I wake up and we are still here. I still sit on my couch and stare out the window all day while she works. While I anxiously await her return, I sit and watch all the people come and go, the other…

Welcome

I wanted to take a moment on this first entry and welcome you to our blog.  We are soon going to embark on a journey that we are very fortunate to have the opportunity to take and we want you to come along.  My name is Kristen, or Mom as Franklin says. Franklin is my…

Travel Quotes

“Better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times” – Anonymous “We travel not escape life but for life not to escape us”  – Anonymous “The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – Henry David Thoreau “Twenty years…