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Finding your tribe as a road schooler
As a homeschooler, a road schooler and only child, Hunter is not surrounded by other kids on a daily basis. Before we hit the road in 2013 we asked ourselves, and others, a lot of questions regarding how they deal with the “socialization” situation as road schoolers, especially with only children. Hunter was out an […]
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The Jungle Life in Tena
Tena is a popular launching point for Amazon Jungle adventures, as it sits just on the western edge of the Amazon region. It has grown into a major regional economic centre and was historically known as the Cinnamon capital of Ecuador. For us, Tena meant meeting Abby Dent, aka “Jungle Jane”, whom Hunter and I spent the […]
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Andean Eco-hub; Quijos Valley – Ecuador
The Quijos valley sits on the eastern edge of the Andes mountains and runs all the way to the western edge of the Amazon region. It is moderate in temperature (spring like all year round) and can see rain on a fairly regular basis (any time, any day). These two features combine to create this […]
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Homeschooling in the winter – Yukon style
We live in the Yukon, which means that in any given year winter can go from mid September until mid May… That’s 8 months or 8/12ths of the year or 66% of the year – ACK! Last year we dealt with homeschooling during the winter by intentionally running away and it was GREAT. We travelled for […]
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Adventures in life & road schooling in Mexico
Our paddling season ended fairly abruptly in mid September when we went from warm harvest weather to cold and snow. Back in the spring when we were making our winter plans, we decided that a venture back down to Mexico to paddle in November would be a great way to bridge between fall paddling and our […]