Snorkeling on the outer reef at the Great Barrier Reef during a 3 day live aboard out of Cairns, Australia

We are a family of five that decided to leave our normal lives behind and travel around the world for 180 days.  Joey and I are both physicians back home in Lexington, KY and our kids are Wilson (a smart, funny, pragmatic 14 year old who approaches life with the wisdom of an 80 year old and the mischievous grin of someone who gets the inside joke), Bailey (an opinionated, strong-willed, compassionate 12 year old who never misses anything and may rule the world someday), and Gus (an energetic, passionate 9 year old who lives every second of his waking life with everything he has and would give the shirt off his back to ease the suffering of an earthworm). We love traveling, trying new things, meeting awesome people, eating good food, and adventure sports.  In this blog, we will be sharing the stories of the places we experience along the way.  We will share our successes and our failures in hopes that this is inspiring, helpful, and entertaining to our friends, family, and anyone else who happens to discover us.  For more on why we decided to do this, see our blog post on “Traveling is my favorite thing”.  Read More About Our Philosophy.

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Big Sky Skiing
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Big Sky Skiing

Big Sky quote of the week: “You just need to let go of your nervousness and let yourself go fast and be free.” –Wilson to Bailey after day 1 of skiing.

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Big Sky, Montana
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Big Sky, Montana

As a summer person and a lover of warmth, it took several years for Joey to convince me to go somewhere colder than Missouri/Kentucky in the winter.  After finally convincing me to head to the mountains instead of the beach, however, it only took one snowy evening in a hot tub…

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The Sun Rising over Kauai from Poipu Beach. January 23rd, 2022