We have not had a smooth road heading out on our long term travel journey. Last year our plans were sidelined while Michael battled cancer. Earlier this year our plans were altered because of COVID. Now our plans are shifting again because my stepmother is battling cancer. We came back from Nicaragua at the end of August so that we…
Our Halloween did not involve trick or treating at other houses, but the kids completed a scavenger hunt with their cousins and got to trick or treat around grandma and grandpa’s house. Michael and I are not normally the creative scavenger hunt-creating type of people. With help from my sister, Emily, and her husband, Jonathan, we were able to put…
Halloween this year was not like other years. The boys did not trick or treat. They did not dress up. We still had fun, but we miss the Halloweens of years’ past. Here is a look at the Watkins family’s spooky Halloween history.
We have been in North Carolina for the past two months. We are spending time with my (Judy) parents. We are not getting out and about too much because of COVID. Our days are low key. We are enjoying the fall. We have gotten to see some aunts and uncles and cousins. Family time is always cherished. We got to…
Now that we are traveling full-time we have to think differently about how we travel. We used to spend a lot of money on vacations because we only had a couple of weeks a year and we felt like we couldn’t leave much to chance. Now we think about travel differently since we are more flexible and we have been…
This day has been looming over me for a while. Once you enter into your mid-30s, 40 is the next big milestone. Destination 40th birthdays have been a thing for a while now. I have friends that have gone to Vegas, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic to celebrate their 40th birthdays. When we were first planning our travel adventure, I…
Winston-Salem, North Carolina is rich in history. Moravians immigrated from Eastern Europe to North Carolina as early as 1753. The town of Salem was established in 1766 by Moravians. It was known for arts and culture and it was a bustling trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries. Salem sold land to the county of Forsyth in 1849, which…
Michael and I have many hopes and dreams for our kids. We want to create a path for them that helps them open whatever doors they want to open. We want them to be respectful, thoughtful, tolerant, compassionate, hard-working and most of all happy. If we want them to be all of those things, then we need to model those…
Since we have been in North Carolina I (Judy) have developed a routine of walking when I wake up in the morning. Sometimes I will listen to an audiobook or music. Other times I will use that time to reflect on the previous day or think about the day ahead. It is 40 minutes a day that is mine. It…
Our family of 4 spent 6 months living in San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. We looked back at our numbers to see how much it cost us to live there. We spent $20,000 or $3300 per month. We go into detail about these expenses in this post. Lodging Our lodging cost about $1,150 per month. We stayed in three different…