This is the day…

August 25, 2011 in blog, North America, Travelogue, United States

This is the day that you don’t want to be me. This is the day that my life of continual adventure and international travel is not sexy. This is the […]

A Call To Action: Let Guinness World Records Know We Expect Them To Keep Their Word & Honor the Vogel Boys’ Record

July 28, 2011 in blog, Inspiration, Travelogue

Imagine what it would be like to enter university as a freshman, full of hope, your sights set on your long term goal: Graduation and a degree in “doing hard […]

What’s The Most Educational Thing We’ve Done For Our Kids?

May 13, 2011 in Africa, blog, Education, Travelogue, Tunisia

We were recently asked, for an interview: “What is the most educational thing you’ve done with/for your kids?” This was our answer:   Hitting the road and traveling full time […]

Chasing Spring

May 4, 2011 in blog, North America, Travelogue, United States

I miss deciduous forests when we’re elsewhere. Don’t get me wrong, I love rain forests, and high cloud forests, and the interesting mix of vegetation in between that populates the […]

At Least It’s Not A Tattoo…

April 27, 2011 in blog, North America, Travelogue, United States

I carried my handmade corn basket in my lap on the airplane. It made for a strange carry-on, filled with earphones for the kids’ Spanish program that we didn’t want […]

Haiku for a Road Trip

April 22, 2011 in blog, Guatemala, North America, Travelogue

  cruising down the road motor humming steadily the soundtrack of life   Tony wrote me a book of haikus for Christmas two years ago. The second one applies to […]

Houston… we have a problem!

April 18, 2011 in blog, Guatemala, North America, Travelogue

We ran, like crazy people, through the Houston airport, vainly hoping there’d be time.  There wasn’t. As if in one last homage to the Central American vibe our plane left […]

Good Gifts-Our Last Night In Guatemala

April 15, 2011 in blog, Guatemala, North America, Travelogue

Antigua is a zoo tonight. The whole town is swollen in anticipation of semana santa and the streets are positively oozing people.   We’re safely tucked into Hotel Don Ismael, […]

Continental Shift

April 10, 2011 in blog, Guatemala, North America, Travelogue

One week from today we’ll be waking up in Chicago.   It’s always a weird feeling, to get to the point in a journey where it’s time for a major […]

Help Me Help My Friends: Partner with Hannah & CoEd Guatemala

April 5, 2011 in blog, Guatemala, North America, Travelogue

Cool mountain air rushes in through the open window of our rented van. High among the mountains of Guatemala we wind along the paths, going higher and higher. Our destination […]