Downtown Denver…clean and eclectic

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Yesterday we set off in the beautiful sunshine Denver has to offer, with Olive in tow and headed West…into Downtown. We first walked through the mile of residential streets located behind us and headed North to City Park which houses the Zoo, 2 museums, a golf course and tons of play area.

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Olive made a few friends in the dog park and then we found Wahoo’s…a fish taco chain that was definitely…off the chain 🙂

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After, we walked around downtown…found the 16th street mall, which is really 16th street lined with shops and outdoor food vendors and tons of people.

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Our walk home brought us through more residential and the homes here are such a mis match of style, colors and size…LOVE THEM!

How do you build a life around adventure and travel?

Intentionally and incrementally. Most families who live this way did not leap from conventional to adventurous overnight. They built remote work capacity, paid down debt, tested longer trips, and had increasingly honest conversations about what they actually want from their lives. The leap feels bigger from outside than from inside.

What does an adventurous family lifestyle actually look like?

Different for every family. For some it is long-term travel. For others it is weekend adventures close to home. What connects them is intentionality about how time is spent and a preference for experiences over accumulation. The version that fits your family is the right one.

How do you balance adventure with stability for kids?

By finding stability within the adventure rather than treating them as opposites. Routines, rituals, and family rhythms travel with you. Familiar foods, bedtime routines, and predictable family dynamics provide stability even when the location changes. Kids need consistency in relationships more than consistency in geography.

What has travel taught your family?

That people are fundamentally similar across cultures in what they want for their families. That comfort zone is a smaller circle than it feels from inside. That the things worth having in life require effort and discomfort to get. And that time together doing hard interesting things is the most reliable source of family closeness.

How do you handle the pressure to live conventionally when you have chosen differently?

By getting clear on why you made the choices you made and returning to that clarity when the outside noise gets loud. Most families living unconventionally describe an initial period of explaining themselves that gradually gives way to just living the life. The explaining becomes less necessary as the results become visible.


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