Stepping Off The Track

CO, NYC, Chicago, Dominica, Fl, Vermont and NOW staying put for awhile in LA!
We have 2 boys, who are homeschooled, and like all parents we want to support any passions we see arise. Well, they both have a passion to perform. Our older son Keean, on a crazy whim auditioned and got a role in the Broadway Musical "Billy Elliot"! So we sold almost everything (house included) and left our fantastic 15yrs in Colorado and headed to the BIG APPLE! We have been on the move ever since and consider ourselves an everyday family embracing life the best we know how. We tend to do things a little against the grain, but learning all we can along the way! Here's to sticking together as a family and creating an amazing adventure along the way!

Heading WEST!......Day ONE

We are officially moving WEST!!!!  Leaving beautiful Vermont and driving to California!  dad and Keean are finishing up in VT and flying out so it is just Cade and I.  Somehow I think we drew the short sticks.  Oh well just chalk it up to another "roadtrip" adventure! Cade and I awoke very early jumped in our very over packed truck(which by the way has been all over the US with us) and began our journey west.  With books on tape, movies and good "car food" we are on our way!  Of course, we had to make a little detour to stop off and see Niagara Falls!  In my 43 years,  I have never been so here was my chance!  Cade and I pulled up in our oversized truck (looking like the "Clampets"), paid the exorbitant parking fee and made our way amongst some major touristy happenings!  We must have been the fastest Niagara Falls tourist ever!  We pulled up parked the truck, walked to the ticket line for the boat, stood in line, got our beautiful blue panchos and boarded the boat.  I thought, seriously do we really need to put on these very hot plastic panchos?  Uhhhhh YES!!!!!! It was unbelievable!!! You actually go right next to the falls like a toy boat thrust into a huge wave.  Cade and I were like kids in a candy store... yelling and shouting.....yes, we were a little over excited, but it is Niagara Falls.  I guess we were with the more conservative crowd, and we did not get the memo!  Anyhow, we got back and were forced to walk through all the of the touristy shops in order to exit(but we stood strong...we are on a budget!) and off we went. A quick in and out but definitely worth it!  Now it is off to Pittsburgh to visit an old college roommate!  Get out the "cheap" snacks and turn on the book on tape.....here we go!