2 Adults, 5 Kids, Every Country in North and South America in a Veggie Powered F250

[matt s]

OK I'll bite. I read through your site and can't figure it out. HOW do you fit two adults and five kids in an F250? Did you add seats somewhere?

Really like what your doing and your children will see and learn things others only dream of.

[Billhilly]

Thanks for asking Matt! I couldn't figure that bit out either. Third row somewhere...

[Syncronicity]

I admire and am envious of what you are doing and the way you are able to live your lives. Looks like you guys are having a blast and are living the dream. Beautiful family. That being said I hope you don't mind a little criticism. Being a long time Search & Rescue member and having done many of Utah's slot canyons over the years. Watching your family in that slot canyon had me cringing. You guys seemed to be way under prepared. Flip flops, no contingency gear to speak of (unless your wife was carrying it all), freezing and exhausted kids, exiting the canyon after dark. Looked like a recipe for disaster I'm glad it turned out well this time. I don't think I will be signing up for your program, but will be following your trip as much as possible. Have a great trip and Happy trails.

[discovershare]

Thanks for asking Matt! I couldn't figure that bit out either. Third row somewhere...

Yep, third row installed in the bed of the truck.

[discovershare]

I admire and am envious of what you are doing and the way you are able to live your lives. Looks like you guys are having a blast and are living the dream. Beautiful family. That being said I hope you don't mind a little criticism. Being a long time Search & Rescue member and having done many of Utah's slot canyons over the years. Watching your family in that slot canyon had me cringing. You guys seemed to be way under prepared. Flip flops, no contingency gear to speak of (unless your wife was carrying it all), freezing and exhausted kids, exiting the canyon after dark. Looked like a recipe for disaster I'm glad it turned out well this time. I don't think I will be signing up for your program, but will be following your trip as much as possible. Have a great trip and Happy trails.

Yep, we were a little unprepared. But I feel comfortable with my husband's ability to manage the potential dangers. He's had a fair share of medical emergency training, and is very clear-headed and capable. It was actually still light when we exited the canyon, you just couldn't tell from the video.

As for flip flops - that's about all we ever wear (my husband wears them year round and hikes everything in them). We're a 'flip flop flamily' as my kids say. Maybe we're related to those tribes that go everywhere barefoot

[Syncronicity]

I hope your husbands exuberant attitude, MacGyver skills, ability to manage the potential dangers and very clear-headed capabilities get you and the kids to your destinations safely. Nothing replaces preparedness. Be safe.

[Ray Hyland]

I loved the little video, it looked like a great day. Especially loved the mud-painting.

Yeah, our kids grew up in the rainforests and they pretty much never wore any footwear. Flip-flops on a good day, but usually barefoot.

[discovershare]

I hope your husbands exuberant attitude, MacGyver skills, ability to manage the potential dangers and very clear-headed capabilities get you and the kids to your destinations safely. Nothing replaces preparedness. Be safe.

You are absolutely right. As my husband says (you've already picked up on the fact that I think very highly of my husband aka to me as Superman) - "When the time to perform arrives, the time to prepare has past." Nothing replaces preparedness.

Thanks for your concern! We'll be safe.

[discovershare]

Thanks Ray,

Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, barefoot is pretty common

[discovershare]

We drove to visit a historic national monument in Utah - Hole-in-the-Rock.

It's where 250 people lowered 26 wagons over 2,000 feet to the Colorado River valley below (now Lake Powell).

It took driving down 53 miles of rough road...I can't imagine that they made that journey in wagons.

I blogged about it here.