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Tuck’s First Vlog Post

 •  July 23

 

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Mock Packing

 •  July 23

This past week I did a mock packing for the trip. It was not fun. First of all I’m not quite sure what mock means and anyways, it was a very laboring...

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Gettin’ Pumped for a Year Abroad!

 •  July 17

My name is Wescott Randolph Sharples… but you can call me Wescott.  At three and a half, I went on a trip around the world for the first time....

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First Post: Getting Ready

 •  July 2

Exploring new places and trying new things have always been my favorite things to do, so taking a year off from school and doing my favorite thing to...

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Getting Ready for the Ride

 •  July 1

Ok well lets see… It’s the end of June (yay finally summer!) and right now I am on the East Coast to visit family. I just finished 6th grade, my first...

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Our Route Across the Globe

 •  June 27

Despite all the technology, web sites and apps associated with trip planning, sometimes a big wall-sized map of the world, a box of thumb tacks and...

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So Many Places, So Little Time

 •  June 26

Once you decide to put your life on hold and travel the world for a year, it feels like you could go anywhere… But in reality, the world is a REALLY...

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School?

 •  June 23

“What are you guys doing about school with 5 kids while you travel around the world?” This is the topic that gets the most questions after the comment...

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What Are The Odds?! Or, Kindred Spirits

 •  June 20

Whether friends, family, colleagues or people we meet, the reaction to our adventure follows similar lines. Initially: “Wow, that’s awesome!”...

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HomeAway from Home

 •  June 13

Our family has a nickname: The Maximum Impact Family…  Whether it is the twin kindergarteners, the 10-year span from oldest to youngest, the gender...

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