John and I have always had the parenting philosophy that our job is to expose our children to as many varied experiences as we can. I think we’ve done a pretty good job of that.
- 1998/99 – lived in Ethiopia | traveled in Egypt & USA
- 1999/00 – lived in Ethiopia | traveled in Zanzibar, Thailand, Vietnam, & USA
- 2000/01 – lived in Ethiopia | traveled in Thailand, USA & Canada
- 2001/02 – lived in Ethiopia | traveled in Kenya & USA
- 2002/03 – lived in Taiwan | traveled in Malaysia & USA
- 2003/04 – lived in Taiwan | traveled in Bali & USA
- 2004/05 – lived in Malaysia | traveled in Burma & USA
- 2005/06 – lived in Idaho
- 2006/07 – traveled USA & Mexico on our bikes
- 2007/08 – lived in Idaho
- 2008/09 – traveled Alaska – Argentina on our bikes
- 2009/10 – traveled Alaska – Argentina on our bikes
- 2010/11 – traveled Alaska – Argentina on our bikes
We’ve given our children the world; now we want to give them a home.
Our goal for right now is to put down roots in Boise and help our sons become part of a more stable community. We want them to understand American culture and ways. We want them to feel a part of the country they are from.
To that end, Davy and Daryl have become involved with a couple of organizations here in Idaho. They are loving Boy Scouts and all it entails. They live for their monthly campouts and have a blast at every single Boy Scout meeting or event.
They have also recently gotten involved with a FIRST Robotics club. The kickoff event for this year’s competition is this coming Saturday. Kids all around the world are anxiously awaiting to hear what task this year’s robot will need to accomplish. Once they know what kind of robot they need to build, the team will have six weeks to design, build, and program the robot. Needless to say, it’ll be an intense six weeks! The team will head to Salt Lake City in March to compete against 55 other teams.
After many hours trying to figure out what we want to do next summer, we’ve finally decided we’ll trade in our pedals for hiking boots. Summer 2012 will find us hiking from Denver to Durango along the Colorado Trail! We’re very excited.
It will be a hike of 500 miles climbing a total of 89,354 feet – that’s like climbing Mt. Everest three times! We’re taking daily walks now to get our feet and legs ready for the challenge.
Beyond the Colorado Trail? We have no plans. At this point, we have no idea what next school year will look like. We’ll take one day at a time.
We wish you the very best and hope 2012 is your best year ever!
Nancy, John, Davy, Daryl
But we know you so well as “Family on Bikes”, what will we call you now “Family in Boots”?
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Nancy Reply:
January 4th, 2012 at 9:56 pm
@Nate,
We’ve played around with that a LOT on Twitter! #familyonacouch
#familyunderatree
#familyinkayaks
I kinda like #familyinboots – has a certain ring to it, no?
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Yeah! I’m so excited for this plan! I hiked the CT the first time in ’91 with friends, then did it solo in 2000. It is a beautiful, backcountry experience. You guys inspire me so much.
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You really inspire and motivate me a lot, everytime i read your articles it passes on a fabulous piece of energy to me. Great to hear from you..!
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Nancy Reply:
January 13th, 2012 at 3:54 am
@Beaches in Florida Keys,
Thank you! That’s so sweet!
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Nancy, We didn’t mean to just drop things. Life just took a faster turn. We nearly burned our house down–well, there was really just damage to one room–that was right when Ivan finished helping you, and we had to do some work to repair. Then other busy things happened. I’ve thought about visiting your blog so many times when I was away from the computer. I just got way off track from my routine. We’d like you to come over sometime. Have time? When would a good time be?
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Nancy Reply:
January 15th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
@LouAnn,
Email sent LouAnn! Let’s get together SOON!
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