Families on the Road
Mik McEwen
Don't know if this is an appropriate post, but this is our dream! Living in
an RV, unschooling on the road! Here are a few families doing it and I
thought I would share here as not many other people would get it.
I am tossing around the idea of doing a home swap for a month, trading our
home for an rv for a month to travel.
Shortcut to: http://www.familiesontheroad.com/fotr.html
Mik
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an RV, unschooling on the road! Here are a few families doing it and I
thought I would share here as not many other people would get it.
I am tossing around the idea of doing a home swap for a month, trading our
home for an rv for a month to travel.
Shortcut to: http://www.familiesontheroad.com/fotr.html
Mik
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John & Karen Buxcel
I'm on the FOTR list, but even *better* is the unschoolingfotr list!
It's a yahoo group, sorry, no time to post the link, just search yahoo for unschooling families on the road, or something? it's actally called unschoolingFOTR
Karen
http://www.thewildtribe.blogspot.com
It's a yahoo group, sorry, no time to post the link, just search yahoo for unschooling families on the road, or something? it's actally called unschoolingFOTR
Karen
http://www.thewildtribe.blogspot.com
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sybelleandarnold
Hi Mik,
We did that! I mean, we travelled around in an RV for 5 months and
lived and learned on the road. It was fantastic (of course).
Whatever was learned on that trip will not be forgotten by any of us.
My dd was 6 at the time and ds 9. Unfortunately that was the time we
discovered ds cannot deal with changing environment and not knowing
what will happen next very well. He coped, but after 4 months we
were all ready to go home. He was because he was terribly homesick.
We were, becausue he made our lives unpleasant.
Dh and I have always wanted to not own a home and live on the road.
I guess we better wait until ds is not living with us anymore.
Many families are doing this and most of them unschool, though some
of them do school at home/RV. It is not as hard as you may think to
make a living on the road either. There are multiple websites for
finding jobs and magazines too (workers on wheels is one). It would
also benefit you to check out escapees club. A club of people living
on the road permanently. Most of them retired, but there are
families that are members (we are). They offer mail forwarding,
message service, email addresses etc. and lots of advice (what about
taxes, car/rv registration, what is your home state "officially"
etc.)
The national Park Services and State parks offer splendid
opportunities for learning that are totally fun. So does
volunteering somewhere (anywhere) for a while.
One family I know wrote a book on this, but they did not do it
fully, though. They used hotels a lot (too expensive and no fun if
you're really going for it) and used a van to travel in. I don't
believe they were unschooling. We met them at Rethinking Education
one year.Still, their book is interesting for getting ideas:
Headfirst into America by Marlene Smith-Graham.
The website you posted is one that we used a lot at the time.
Anyway, there is *a lot* of info on this out there and many books on
living in an RV full-time.
My advice, if your kids are willing, go for it, you will not regret
it!
Sybelle
asib@...
We did that! I mean, we travelled around in an RV for 5 months and
lived and learned on the road. It was fantastic (of course).
Whatever was learned on that trip will not be forgotten by any of us.
My dd was 6 at the time and ds 9. Unfortunately that was the time we
discovered ds cannot deal with changing environment and not knowing
what will happen next very well. He coped, but after 4 months we
were all ready to go home. He was because he was terribly homesick.
We were, becausue he made our lives unpleasant.
Dh and I have always wanted to not own a home and live on the road.
I guess we better wait until ds is not living with us anymore.
Many families are doing this and most of them unschool, though some
of them do school at home/RV. It is not as hard as you may think to
make a living on the road either. There are multiple websites for
finding jobs and magazines too (workers on wheels is one). It would
also benefit you to check out escapees club. A club of people living
on the road permanently. Most of them retired, but there are
families that are members (we are). They offer mail forwarding,
message service, email addresses etc. and lots of advice (what about
taxes, car/rv registration, what is your home state "officially"
etc.)
The national Park Services and State parks offer splendid
opportunities for learning that are totally fun. So does
volunteering somewhere (anywhere) for a while.
One family I know wrote a book on this, but they did not do it
fully, though. They used hotels a lot (too expensive and no fun if
you're really going for it) and used a van to travel in. I don't
believe they were unschooling. We met them at Rethinking Education
one year.Still, their book is interesting for getting ideas:
Headfirst into America by Marlene Smith-Graham.
The website you posted is one that we used a lot at the time.
Anyway, there is *a lot* of info on this out there and many books on
living in an RV full-time.
My advice, if your kids are willing, go for it, you will not regret
it!
Sybelle
asib@...
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Mik McEwen
Thanks for the links. I really enjoyed the workers or wheels.
Because my husband is a bi-lateral amputee, he needs really really good
health insurance to pay for his prosthesis every 2-4 years. (btw-you'd
never know he is an amputee to look at him, he walks, runs, has a motorcycle
license) SOOOO----we are really tied to the land and needing to have that
job with good benefits. I am hoping that we can do the swap thing (my house
for your rv) so we can experience SOME of the road. As a one income (I do
some doula work/breastfeeding counseling/education-not enough to make
money), we can't really afford to buy an RV so we are getting creative. We
love our pop up, but it just isn't the same!
Maybe we will join our homeschooling friends in Costa Rica....supposedly,
the health care system there is excellent and affordable.
Dreaming over here in CT!
Mik
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of sybelleandarnold
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 9:36 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Re: Families on the Road
Hi Mik,
We did that! I mean, we travelled around in an RV for 5 months and
lived and learned on the road. It was fantastic (of course).
Whatever was learned on that trip will not be forgotten by any of us.
My dd was 6 at the time and ds 9. Unfortunately that was the time we
discovered ds cannot deal with changing environment and not knowing
what will happen next very well. He coped, but after 4 months we
were all ready to go home. He was because he was terribly homesick.
We were, becausue he made our lives unpleasant.
Dh and I have always wanted to not own a home and live on the road.
I guess we better wait until ds is not living with us anymore.
Many families are doing this and most of them unschool, though some
of them do school at home/RV. It is not as hard as you may think to
make a living on the road either. There are multiple websites for
finding jobs and magazines too (workers on wheels is one). It would
also benefit you to check out escapees club. A club of people living
on the road permanently. Most of them retired, but there are
families that are members (we are). They offer mail forwarding,
message service, email addresses etc. and lots of advice (what about
taxes, car/rv registration, what is your home state "officially"
etc.)
The national Park Services and State parks offer splendid
opportunities for learning that are totally fun. So does
volunteering somewhere (anywhere) for a while.
One family I know wrote a book on this, but they did not do it
fully, though. They used hotels a lot (too expensive and no fun if
you're really going for it) and used a van to travel in. I don't
believe they were unschooling. We met them at Rethinking Education
one year.Still, their book is interesting for getting ideas:
Headfirst into America by Marlene Smith-Graham.
The website you posted is one that we used a lot at the time.
Anyway, there is *a lot* of info on this out there and many books on
living in an RV full-time.
My advice, if your kids are willing, go for it, you will not regret
it!
Sybelle
asib@escapees. <mailto:asib%40escapees.com> com
Because my husband is a bi-lateral amputee, he needs really really good
health insurance to pay for his prosthesis every 2-4 years. (btw-you'd
never know he is an amputee to look at him, he walks, runs, has a motorcycle
license) SOOOO----we are really tied to the land and needing to have that
job with good benefits. I am hoping that we can do the swap thing (my house
for your rv) so we can experience SOME of the road. As a one income (I do
some doula work/breastfeeding counseling/education-not enough to make
money), we can't really afford to buy an RV so we are getting creative. We
love our pop up, but it just isn't the same!
Maybe we will join our homeschooling friends in Costa Rica....supposedly,
the health care system there is excellent and affordable.
Dreaming over here in CT!
Mik
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of sybelleandarnold
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 9:36 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Re: Families on the Road
Hi Mik,
We did that! I mean, we travelled around in an RV for 5 months and
lived and learned on the road. It was fantastic (of course).
Whatever was learned on that trip will not be forgotten by any of us.
My dd was 6 at the time and ds 9. Unfortunately that was the time we
discovered ds cannot deal with changing environment and not knowing
what will happen next very well. He coped, but after 4 months we
were all ready to go home. He was because he was terribly homesick.
We were, becausue he made our lives unpleasant.
Dh and I have always wanted to not own a home and live on the road.
I guess we better wait until ds is not living with us anymore.
Many families are doing this and most of them unschool, though some
of them do school at home/RV. It is not as hard as you may think to
make a living on the road either. There are multiple websites for
finding jobs and magazines too (workers on wheels is one). It would
also benefit you to check out escapees club. A club of people living
on the road permanently. Most of them retired, but there are
families that are members (we are). They offer mail forwarding,
message service, email addresses etc. and lots of advice (what about
taxes, car/rv registration, what is your home state "officially"
etc.)
The national Park Services and State parks offer splendid
opportunities for learning that are totally fun. So does
volunteering somewhere (anywhere) for a while.
One family I know wrote a book on this, but they did not do it
fully, though. They used hotels a lot (too expensive and no fun if
you're really going for it) and used a van to travel in. I don't
believe they were unschooling. We met them at Rethinking Education
one year.Still, their book is interesting for getting ideas:
Headfirst into America by Marlene Smith-Graham.
The website you posted is one that we used a lot at the time.
Anyway, there is *a lot* of info on this out there and many books on
living in an RV full-time.
My advice, if your kids are willing, go for it, you will not regret
it!
Sybelle
asib@escapees. <mailto:asib%40escapees.com> com
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