Alaska to Argentina Archives - Page 17 of 22

Losing a Child at the Farmer’s Market – Boise, Idaho

Doing research on our Alaska to Argentina expedition, I discovered a family who was riding their bikes along the same route - all the way from Prudhoe Bay to Ushuaia. Nancy, John, Daryl and David Vogel f...

Video: Catching Chickens at a Grass-Fed Meat Farm, Utah

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I've become a lot more interested in sustainable living since reading books like In Defense of Food; Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, and Fast Food Nation. Also, I just ordered Omnivores Dilemma For Kids, and we'...

Fishing in American Fork Canyon, Utah

Since we've been in Utah, my kids have really wanted to go fishing with their Uncle Steven. We took the opportunity this weekend, camping out in American Fork Canyon, and fished in Tibble Creek Resevoir. ...

3 Months on the Road: What it Costs, How Far We’ve Driven

Santa Cruz, California It was April 26, 2011 when we left Homer, Alaska to begin our Epic Expedition - a road trip from Alaska to Argentina. It's been just about three months on the road. So what's our an...

One of ‘Those’ Family Travel Days in Yosemite National Park – California

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As we drove to California, we passed through Yosemite, and stopped long enough to make the video below. We wanted to stop and visit longer, but pushed on to Cali to go to the beach: If you can't view the vid...

Meet a RTW Family and The Most Fun House EVER – Silicon Valley, California

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Back in Tok, Alaska, we were told by our hosts about a family who had done a round-the-world trip with their two children, and wrote a book about it. Pretty cool. Then, as we were preparing to travel ...

Sunday Stroll in Santa Cruz, California

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Every place that you visit has it's own 'personality', it's unique culture that defines it. That's the fun of traveling, seeing the persona of each area. We were up early for church - we had to leave befo...

Sun, Sand and Sweet Sustenance in Santa Cruz, California

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After a long, hot journey, we were so joyful to arrive at our hosts home on the beach in Santa Cruz, California. We had a nice dinner, sent the kids to bed and visited as adults. The next morning, we enj...

The Joy of Arriving After a Long, Hot Journey – Santa Cruz, California

Hot and barren Central Cali Will we ever get there? The western sun beats down on our A/C-less truck as we cross the plains of Central California. We've been driving for hours in this scorching heat, the ...

A Journey of 14 Hours With Kids Begins…With a Good Attitude – Driving from Nevada to the California Coast

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Our roof top tent in the early morning light There's an inkling of blue and pink light over the eastern horizon when I crawl out of our roof top tent in the middle of the Nevada desert. It's only 5:30 a.m. ...