Vicarious Nomads
You may not be in a position to drop everything and travel the world. (We might not either, but we're talking about you right now.) If you'd like to participate vicariously, your financial support of this adventure will help us to document it, and hopefully show that even today (perhaps especially today) a family can choose where and how to live.
We're not expensive folks. Even the smallest amount will make a very real difference.
Must Have Been That Wrong Turn at Albuquerque
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Sue L Canfield posted this in Destinations, Hoquiam on 29 July 2010
We actually drove away from the house at 10:41 pm. Our first stop was to the local store to pick up something to drink for Fiona and Frappuccino’s for Joel to help him stay awake for the all night drive. It’s amazing that we fit so much stuff in the van and nearly every piece of musical equipment we own. We even took Fiona’s school books, though school doesn’t start till August 23. And 5 bottles of paint for Fiona’s art -painting Caitlyn’s ceiling in Canada.
It’s nearly a full moon and Fiona wants to write the moon a letter to say thank you for shining on our favorite trip ever.
Continue reading The Long Haul
Sue L Canfield posted this in Destinations, Hoquiam on 28 July 2010
It’s almost 10:30 pm Wednesday night and none of us can wait! The van’s packed, Fiona’s in a hurry to get to Canada, and we’ll be leaving in a few minutes. Tomorrow we’ll arrive in Washington and stay 4 days there. Then – to Canada!
Sue L Canfield posted this in Planning on 27 July 2010
Fiona has an older grown sister, Rachelle. Rachelle was at Fiona’s birth and is like a second mother to her since there’s a 16-year age difference. In fact four years ago when mommy ended up in the hospital for four month, Rachelle really took over as then 2-year old Fiona’s surrogate mommy. So they are very close. They’ve shared a room since Fiona was a baby. If Rachelle isn’t home when Fiona’s ready for bed, she doesn’t want to go to bed yet.
We”re about to leave in a couple of days to head first for Oregon and no, Rachelle is not coming with us. She’s all grown up with a job and can’t just take off. This will be the first time that Fiona and Rachelle have been separated for such a long period of time since Fiona was a baby. Of course they’ll stay in touch by phone, email, Skype, and Facebook. They’ll still miss each other.
Continue reading Sisters Spend the Day Together Before We Leave for Oregon
Sue L Canfield posted this in BC, Destinations on 26 July 2010
We’ll be in Vancouver from August 2, 2010 through…near the end of August. If you’d like to meet Joel, Sue and Fiona, it’s our plan to visit the Waves Coffee Houses in Vancouver while we’re there in August. We’ll keep you posted as to which ones we’ll be in and on what days. It looks like they have a lot of fun drinks to try. Fiona’s favorite is hot chocolate.
When we Tweeted about this, Waves Tweeted back that they have two shops in Calgary AB. Not sure we’ll make it there this time. We’ll see. You can follow Waves AB on Twitter. Who knows…maybe they’ll offer a complimentary cup of hot cocoa to Fiona!
Sue L Canfield posted this in Planning on 22 July 2010
The best of plans sometimes have to change. We just found out this morning that our lodging accommodations in Portland, Oregon next week fell through. Due to an unforeseen family need, the wonderful family that were going to let us stay with them in return for our coaching services are unable to do so.
That leaves us without a place to lodge for a night or two. We have lodging in Washington on Saturday, July 31. We’d hoped to arrive late in the day in Portland July 29th and stay that night and July 30th with the family in Portland, leaving their place mid-day Saturday. If necessary, we can drive all day Friday, July 30th, stay a night in Portland and leave Saturday for Washington.
Continue reading Anyone Want to Put the Canfield Family Up for a Night or Two in Portland Next Week?
Sue L Canfield posted this in Administrivia on 21 July 2010
 We went to a client’s house yesterday, who is also a friend, and while Joel and I were working with the client in her office, Fiona got a special project to work on. To keep her occupied she agreed to do some sorting for our client. She needed all the papers from envelopes removed and then two piles created – one for the envelopes and one for the papers. She eventually was going to shred all the papers.
Fiona was very excited about this project and even got to use a small envelope opener. By the time she was done she had a HUGE pile! Originally we had negotiated that the project would net her 4 quarters. But after working for about an hour we renegotiated an additional 5 quarters. In the end she ended up with 12 quarters because she did such a great job.
Continue reading Fiona Sorts for Quarters
Sue L Canfield posted this in Planning on 18 July 2010
Are we there yet? Are we there yet? In 11 days (love that new countdown over there in the right sidebar) we’ll leave for Canada. The first overnight stop will be in Portland, Oregon – a-10 hour drive from here. Does anyone know how many times a six-year old can say ‘are we there yet?‘ in a 10-hour period?
So we need some suggestions for great road games to help her keep her mind occupied. Remember, she’s not your average six-year old. She’s much more likely to play these games is she knows her ‘fans’ are suggesting the ideas and watching to see how it all turns out. In fact, we’ll write a blog post about how the games go. She’ll love that. Especially if we post something about it also at her 900 Funny Thoughts blog.
Continue reading Are We There Yet?
Sue L Canfield posted this in Reasons on 14 July 2010
Today Fiona heard Daddy say something about a friend who still doesn’t know what he wants to be when he grows up. Fiona then said, “I know what I want to be when I grow up!” So we asked her what she wanted to be. Her reply, “I want to do everything!”
She’s been exposed to a lot of different ideas growing up in our household. We’ve run several businesses from home since she first started walking. As she continues to grow, we want her to be exposed to other opportunities as well. Thus, the travel.
So, what do you want to be when you grow up?
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