One Family. One Year. One Adventure.
When we sold our house, a car and most of our stuff a few months ago, we did it for one reason – no regrets. We didn’t want to be one of the millions of people who look back on their lives saying, “I wish I would have spent more time with my kids. They grew […]
When our family of 5 piled into a van for 23 days to travel on an epic road trip of over 3,000 miles, we were super excited about what we were going to see. Little did we know just how much we would learn… Here’s 23 Things We Learned From Our Epic 23 Day Road Trip […]
We did it! After 9 months of prep, we finally hit the road!!!! 🙂 Life was such a whirlwind those first weeks of August that when we finally got on the road August 16th we took off a little bit like a mini tornado (along with the realization that we would need to stop for groceries […]
When my husband and I decided to embark on this grand adventure and take a year to unplug from our regular busy lives and travel, we knew it would change us and our kids. Naively I thought it might take a few months, something around 6, but things started shifting within 3 weeks. The main reason […]
We all walk this journey in life on our own paths. Some are tame, some are wild and some are pretty ordinary. And sometimes the paths we find ourselves on are not the path we imagined as a child. When we begin this world as little kids, the whole world is a fascination, something to […]
This last weekend our family made a last minute decision to hop in the car for a 2,000 mile trip. Yes, you read that right, a last minute decision for a road trip that most would never endure… And it was totally worth it! We drove through the night from Nebraska to Montana after […]
I had big plans for today. For months I envisioned all five of us packed into our Rav4 with a suitcase each, waving goodbye to our house with plans to only return to officially pack everything up in our POD around the closing date of our house sale. I had envisioned us clapping and singing in […]
After hearing about what we are doing here at Project Gap Year, many have expressed that they too wish to make a change and simplify their busy lives, but don’t know where to start. Today I’m excited to be featuring a guest post from Victoria Mininger from Simplified Life. It’s amazing how the busyness of life creeps […]
A few months ago when we announced our plans to take an Gap Year to travel with our kids between our boys 5th and 6th grade year, we contemplated getting an RV. It seems so iconic. Get and RV and see the US National Parks. Take your house with you. Stretch out on the road. […]
I think we all secretly crave a little adventure in our lives, but we get going on the treadmill of life and forget that we can actually get off whenever we want. For most people, staying on the course, you know…the job, house, kids, school, soccer practice, etc. is natural. Honestly, it gets quite comfortable. Even […]