Three of my earliest childhood memories took place in Iceland in 1969, when our parents took three of the four boys (Christopher was just one) on a sub-arctic adventure. All three memories revolve around personal embarrassment in and around water: swimming in the hotel pool in my tighty-whities cuz my Mom forgot to pack my […]
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I have been hoping for this type of family experience most of my adult life. When Dana and I began to conjure this crazy plan -- way back in 2000 -- it all seemed so distant and unlikely. Would we find the time? Would we be able to pay for it? Well, we told ourselves, we'll make the time and we'll take loans if we have to. What could be more important than this?
Now through good fortune and good timing, we can make it happen. The kids have NO IDEA what awaits them. Frankly, neither do Dana and I.
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I have been hoping for this type of family experience most of my adult life. When Dana and I began to conjure this crazy plan -- way back in 2000 -- it all seemed so distant and unlikely. Would we find the time? Would we be able to pay for it? Well, we told ourselves, we'll make the time and we'll take loans if we have to. What could be more important than this?
Now through good fortune and good timing, we can make it happen. The kids have NO IDEA what awaits them. Frankly, neither do Dana and I.Just as Planned
05. Jul, 2010 
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We haven’t had “school”, we haven’t worked out, we can’t get going until 10AM because the kids giggle in their beds ‘til midnight because the sun is still up. We have laughed and debated, negotiated, arbitrated and laughed some more. We have done more in 3 days than most families do in a whole vacation […]
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The Medical Kit
14. Jun, 2010 3 Comments
We are very lucky to have fine physicians and fine friends who are fine physicians. They have loaded us with advice and gear in anticipation of the nasty fall in Peru or the nastier infection in Borneo. In addition to the standard Malarone and Cipro and Lomotil, we are armed with syringes to inject a […]
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Shots
14. May, 2010 9 Comments
We need a phalanx of inoculations. Kids get 7 or 8. Dana and I get something like 12. Seven times we bravely field trip to Mass General’s Travel Immunization and Infectious Diseases Department to get little doses of rabies, Japanese Encephalitis, Yellow Fever, Typhoid, and other unpronounceable critters shot into our bodies. The nurses and […]
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Guiding Principles
13. May, 2010 1 Comment
We see this year as more than just a chance to explore and experience the world and its residents, but an amazingly unique opportunity to spend lots (maybe too much!) time with the kids. So what to do with all that time? Dana and I both like to coach — on the field and in […]
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12. Apr, 2010 4 Comments
Today we are going to R.E.I. 79 days to lift off and its time to invest in some technical fabrics; some of those pants that zipper-convert to shorts, loose trail shirts and washable underwear. The reality of our trip is setting in as we went to the MGH Travel and Immunization Clinic last week to […]
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