In the three weeks since you’ve heard from me we’ve been visiting friends and family while we make our way down the West Coast of the United States. The first week, as you know, we were visiting friends in Springfield, Oregon which is about 11 miles from Eugene. It was nice having that time with […]
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Tomorrow, Wednesday the 26th of July, we’ll have been on this adventure for three years! I am definitely in all the feels about that fact and the fact that we’re back in the United States already. Things feel so similar to our first leg and I know so much has changed. It is definitely a […]
Red Cross-Belkin House “Belkin House is a place of healing, where the battle is fought against homelessness, hunger, and despair-a battle fought with faith and compassion. It is a place where people can discover and begin moving toward what they are designed to be. It is a place where people-ordinary people- accomplish heroic things every […]
We have been in Vancouver now almost three weeks and we have definitely been taking advantage of our extended time here. I am happy to announce that I have started volunteering with the Red Cross helping out in the kitchen to prep and serve meals. A lot of the places that I reached out to […]
Alaska! The last frontier! North to the future! I used to think that returning home was harder than being gone and now I’m questioning that. Traveling has opened our eyes to many different things, people, cultures, and we wouldn’t trade that for the world. When returning home to your circle you’re guaranteed those people know […]
I’ve been really struggling with how to go about this next post. I still have so much to share from our time in Toronto, and we just finished twelve amazing days in Alaska (my 50th state-see Chapter 72 once I get through the over 1,143 pictures I took). And, I don’t want to sell Toronto […]
When we were in Auckland we visited the island of Tiritiri Matangi. Tiritiri Matangi Island is located in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, 3.4 km east of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula in the North Island and 30 km north east of Auckland. It is a sanctuary and scientific reserve for native and endangered birds. […]
When I was in Hawaii on the Island of Oahu in October of 2025 I met a woman who works for an organization called Ipu o Lono with Hoʻoulu ʻĀina and I was able to volunteer one day in their community garden. Their website describes their work as follows “Our kūpuna knew and celebrated the […]
Something about our time in Alaska put on my heart that I want to do more during this adventure. I want to have a bigger sense of purpose. We decided that we want to give back to the places that we have visited the way that they have given to us. In an attempt to […]
This leg so far feels like we’re following the World Cup. We went to Boston, Connecticut, New Jersey and now we’re in Toronto. Three of the four are hosting World Cup matches. We can’t afford to see any of the games in person but the energy around the World Cup that we have felt in […]