Imagine this: you’re sitting in your living room on a Saturday evening. Your spouse is sitting nearby, doing some housework. Your kids are running around, chasing the dog through the house. There’s a knock on the door, and as you…
Get Your Kicks on Route 66
After leaving Bay City, we officially started our road trip around the USA! Our first stop was Chicago, IL to spend the night with my sister (Thank you sissy!!). After that, we took Route 66 down to Springfield, IL. We…
Thank You Mom and Dad!
This post is dedicated to my parents, Tim and Joy, who graciously allowed us to disrupt their normal lives to live with them for a month. Jon and I moved back into my old childhood bedroom (since remade into a…
The City by the Bay
When we first started planning for our big RTW (round-the-world) trip, we knew that we would want to have a little bit of time off between quitting our jobs and hitting the road. The logical step would be to spend…
Shots, Shots, Shots! (And Some Pills Too!)
One of the big things on our To Do list before we leave is vaccinations. It’s unavoidable that we’ll need to spend some money and time at the doctor’s office to get vaccinated, but it’s also such a large task…
Our Final Month in Metro-Detroit
We’ve been in Bay City for about a week and a half now, and I’m still trying to remember everything that happened during our final months in metro-Detroit. It was a whirlwind 2 months leading up to our last days,…
Our Last Day in Detroit
We just finished our second-to-last week in metro-Detroit; we have 6 days left before we leave for Bay City. The past couple months have gone by quickly – faster than I would have imagined! It’s sinking in how close we…
There’s No Time Like the Present…
…to introduce everyone to our blog! Welcome!! 🙂 As you might be able to tell from the posts, we actually started this blog a couple of years ago. Back then, we came up with a name and reserved this site.…
The Bet
We’re not big gamblers. If we go to a casino, the most we’ll consider spending is $20, spread over the course of a few hours. However, every year, we have a bet that will be influencing our trip in somewhat…
To Do List – 6 Months Away
We’ve put together a very rough to-do list of things we need to accomplish over the next 6 months. Some of these are things that we can start doing now (and have been!) and some of these will need to…