Thank You’s

We would like to thank the following people for assisting us in our journey.  They provided inspiration and assistance in our attempt to make the leap:

Suzanne who had her own adventure traveling the U.S. and internationally as a single mom of two teenagers.  She answered many questions that we had and gave us the insight that we too could do what she had done.

Jon who spent countless hours helping us learn how to start a blog as we knew nothing about the process.  Jon has his own blog if you ever travel to Bend, Oregon it lists all of the events going on in the area. Hack Bend

My brother-in-law Mark who helped us learn the ins and outs of renting out our house including credit check companies to use, leases to use, etc…

Thank you to Alesa who spent considerable time training me to use Facebook. I still managed to sign up incorrectly and consequently our name on Facebook is afamily farafield, afamily farafield (twice entered). I jokingly say, “we are even farther afield than we thought.” Are we so far afield, we don’t even know where we are? We also managed to enter our Twitter incorrectly…calling ourselves familyfarafield (no “a”). Oh well…try to follow us if you can; it would be nice to hear from you!

The Traveling Growler in and near Durango, CO

Mesa Verde, Co

The RV is for sale and we are plotting our return to Bend, so I have finally had a chance to clean up a few posts that have been in the can for far too long.  This is one: As I have said before, we lived in Bend, OR before we left on this adventure [...]

What the Frack is Your Problem?

We did not take any pictures of fracking equipment, so here is a pic from the Spam factory.

Fracking, the newest environmental threat that people are talking about.  Environmentalists, of course, say it is bad for the environment polluting the water and surrounding area(s).  Discussions have also occurred that perhaps it actually causes earthquakes.  Of course there is another side to the story, as there always is, and that side consists of energy [...]

The first sentence really appl…

The first sentence really applies to our trip: http://t.co/am5T6cy8

Meeting New Friends

Ringing Rocks

One of the things that we worried about before we left on the trip was the social aspect of leaving a school and neighborhood for one year.  Would the kids meet and play with other kids?  Would they miss their friends at home? Quickly, we realized that it was not going to be a problem [...]

http://t.co/Gea0Anog

http://t.co/Gea0Anog

Good advice – How To Travel Ou…

Good advice – How To Travel Outside Your Comfort Zone – http://t.co/JItnh1Pf via @umarket

Flat Stanley, Finally Killed Off

Flat Stanley

Flat Stanley – an enjoyable book that my than six year-old loved reading so much that we purchased the sequel.  In fact, he made a Flat Stanley paper doll that we planned on taking on our various adventures.  Our school even planned on having other students send other Flat Stanleys that they planned to make [...]

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I’m eating a pickle plate http://t.co/iEzUii8W

Back Behind the Orange Curtain

Our journey has taken a detour and so has this blog. About two weeks ago, we suspended our travels and found refuge with relatives in Orange County.  We had always planned to stop here, and only cut about a week off the trip, so this was not really a radical move.  But it has allowed us to [...]

It’s Not Quite the End, But……

Sage advice

Today was a bit of a surprise, but then again it wasn’t.  We awoke in Death Valley National Park, with plans to drive to Mojave National Preserve, then Joshua Tree National Park.  About two hours into the journey, we lost interest and headed toward Orange County. The reasons for this were numerous:  It was hot [...]

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