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Concentration Camps: Insights Into Vulnerability

Posted on March 3, 2020

By: MJ + PJ The background on this post is this: While in Munich, our Sandeman’s tour guide had explained that children could not go…

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Posted in Europe, Insights, Tips + Advice
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HUMANITY: “It Must Be Nice”

Posted on May 26, 2019

By: MJ + PJ This post looks back on an experience we had at the Argentine-Chile border customs office as we were making our way…

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Posted in Reflections & Stories, South America
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IRELAND: It’s the Craic!

Posted on March 17, 2019

By: MJ + PJ If you can read this post with an Irish accent, that’d be great. Ok now. Where to begin? It was a…

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Posted in Europe, Regions Visited
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STOP AND JUST BE: Taking My Neighbors’ Advice

Posted on January 27, 2019

By: PJ [This is third in a series on self-care and life perspective] One of my MISSION STATEMENT goals was to focus more on self-care.…

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Posted in PJ, Reflections & Stories
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BIOS: About Us

Posted on December 19, 2018

Above photo by:  Laura Haney Gabrielson   We are a small, ordinary, middle class family traveling for a year and exploring the world one region…

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Our Dog and Our Blog

Posted on December 16, 2018

By: MJ + PJ   As described on our FAQ page, we have a painted image of our dog as our logo. Kind of a…

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Handy Things We’ve Learned Traveling Full Time

Posted on December 16, 2018

By: MJ + PJ Reaching the six month milestone is a relief. We have looked back and are looking forward to what’s ahead, realizing that…

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Posted in Insights, Reflections & Stories, Tips + Advice
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FLIGHTS: Booking Approaches for Families

Posted on November 10, 2018

By: MJ + PJ   Full time travel has enabled us a level of flexibility in booking transport that we usually don’t have. There is…

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Posted in Insights, Tips + Advice
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TOUR GUIDES: Characteristics of Family Friendly Guides

Posted on November 7, 2018

By: MJ + PJ   We have had plenty of experiences with guides at this point in our adventure (5 months in). You never know…

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PHOTOS: Maryland and Washington D.C. – September 2018

Posted on September 27, 2018

By MJ + PJ   Take a look over our ~130 photos from our time in the heartland of early American history. We saw some…

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Posted in North America, Photos + Videos
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USA: Ohio – Summer Break!

Posted on September 1, 2018

By: MJ + PJ   Time to return to PJ’s stomping ground. While she and AJ had been back to visit in the last two…

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Posted in North America, Regions Visited
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PHOTOS: Ohio – July 2018

Posted on August 5, 2018

By: MJ + PJ   We spent three weeks in Ohio visiting friends and family. It was amazing to see everyone and downshift our pace.…

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Posted in North America, Photos + Videos
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PHOTOS: North Dakota + Minnesota – July 2018

Posted on July 16, 2018

By: MJ + PJ   North Dakota & Minnesota were planned at a slower pace and we scheduled more time for relaxation. Friends hosted us…

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Posted in North America, Photos + Videos
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PHOTOS: Canadian National Parks – June + July 2018

Posted on July 11, 2018

By: MJ + PJ   The second Canada Album includes our trip to a few of Canada’s beautiful national parks: Banff National Park, Kootenay National…

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PHOTOS: Canada – June 2018

Posted on July 9, 2018

By: MJ + PJ   The first Canada Album includes Vancouver Island, Vancouver, and our road trip along CANADA HWY 1 towards the National Parks.…

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Posted in North America, Photos + Videos
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PHOTOS: Oregon + Washington – June 2018

Posted on June 28, 2018

By: MJ + PJ   The great northwest. Beautiful landscapes and interesting places to visit. This album has ~50 photos. Copyright © 2018 cupcakesandcampfires.com, All…

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PREPARATION: Notification of employer, family and friends

Posted on June 18, 2018

By: MJ + PJ   Clearly you need to set a departure date for notification purposes. Until you have that pinned down then any trip…

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BACKSTORY: Initial Planning

Posted on February 24, 2018

By: MJ + PJ Before we made the decision to uproot and travel for a year we had sat ourselves down in 2016 and considered…

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BACKSTORY: The Decision

Posted on February 24, 2018

By: MJ + PJ   The word on Jackson Street has long been to hit the road and move to Australia. But like anything, timing…

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