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Category: Living in the USA

We have lived in 8 states and visited 44. America is endlessly surprising if you actually slow down and look at it. Road trips, state parks, small towns, big cities, and one very long school bus journey across the country during a pandemic. Browse all our USA posts below.

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May 26, 2026June 24, 2026 Adventures We Seek

How We Brought Poppy to Norway (And What It Actually Cost Us)

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May 19, 2026June 15, 2026 Adventures We Seek

We Sold Our House and We’re Living in a Hotel … 4 Sleeps Until Everything Changes

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May 14, 2026June 15, 2026 Adventures We Seek

10 Days… and My Brain Looks Like This

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May 7, 2026June 15, 2026 Adventures We Seek

T Minus 16 Days… Plane Tickets. A Car in Norway. And Yes… Arendal Is Real.

Bun Bun wearing tiny swim goggles relaxing by the indoor pool at Springhill Suites Lenexa Kansas during her extended hotel stay.
April 30, 2026June 15, 2026 Adventures We Seek

Bun Bun Having Fun — The Best Hotel Email We Have Ever Received

Nicole and Adam smiling on Miami Beach the day their house went under contract — two people who chose one life and are living every single bit of it.
April 26, 2026June 15, 2026 Adventures We Seek

We Are Under Contract… 23 Days Until We Close and the Adventure Begins

Nicole and Adam sitting in camp chairs at their garage sale with Poppy the Cavapoo a box of donuts and coffee — selling everything before leaving for Europe.
April 21, 2026June 15, 2026 Adventures We Seek

The Garage Sale Is Done… The House Is Empty… and We Have Absolutely No Plan…41 days

Nicole and Adam smiling in front of their beautiful blue Kansas home the day it went on the market... coming soon on Zillow and MLS before they sell everything and travel to Europe with their family.
April 14, 2026June 15, 2026 Adventures We Seek

The House Is Going on the Market… and I Cried in the Driveway…48 Days

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April 9, 2026June 15, 2026 Adventures We Seek

53 Days… Six Yards of Mulch and a Snake Adam Grabbed by the Tail

Nicole and Adam smiling together holding matching handmade ceramic mugs — two people who wake up every morning excited about what is coming next.
April 7, 2026June 15, 2026 Adventures We Seek

55 days… And This Is How It Feels.

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April 6, 2026June 15, 2026 Adventures We Seek

The Great Purge… What Cleaning Out Our House Actually Looks Like at 57 Days Out

Avilene, Gavin and Jake smiling together on a dock with cruise ships and the ocean behind them — three kids who were born for adventure.
April 3, 2026June 15, 2026 Adventures We Seek

We Told the Kids — And Here’s What Happened

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October 29, 2020June 15, 2026 Adventures We Seek

Why Adam Left His Executive Career — The Kaja Project and Choosing Family Over Everything

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October 26, 2020June 15, 2026 Adventures We Seek

We Only Need 1000 Square Feet — What Months Away From Suburbia Taught Us About Happiness

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September 28, 2020June 15, 2026 Adventures We Seek

5.5 Weeks In — Our Actual Daily Routine as a Working Homeschooling Traveling Family of Five

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September 6, 2020June 15, 2026 Adventures We Seek

Size Does Not Matter — What Six Weeks in a Tiny Ohio Lake House Taught Us About Everything

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August 30, 2020June 15, 2026 Adventures We Seek

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