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Roaming Free We are a family of 5 traveling on our 50 ft boat! Follow us on instagram

In August 2014, we moved from our stationary home to a 27-foot home on wheels and set off on the journey of a lifetime. Fast forward to 2025 we are traveling and exploring on our boat on the East Coast, Bahamas and Caribbean as a family of 5.

04/25/2026

Our longest offshore yet & it went so well 👏🏼 Another even longer run in a few days…until then, time to explore Charleston!

04/22/2026

We love a girl with a plan! 🤭👏🏼

04/21/2026

Our space-loving girls got to see a Space X launch from the pilot house at 3 am 🥹 Worth it. So rad.

04/20/2026

One thing about us (fine, mostly me) is we have no chill about dolphins 🥹🐬🫶🏼 I’m always losing it when they cruise with us!

04/19/2026

Basically the whole reason I love living on a boat is because this is what any given Tuesday looks like 🤌🏼 and it’s just so good.

Also this is pretty on-the-nose as my phone went overboard two weeks ago 😂 Just got a replacement now that we’re back on the US. I really didn’t miss it buuuut I did miss capturing these memories & posting here. So we’re back! 👏🏼

The last couple weeks ✨ We had our first visitor (Brandon’s mom) and the girls were in heaven having her all to themselv...
03/29/2026

The last couple weeks ✨ We had our first visitor (Brandon’s mom) and the girls were in heaven having her all to themselves for several days. Mornings at the beach, afternoons at the pool, loads of good food, lots of card games.

After we left Cape Eleuthera, we had the glassiest day at sea on our way north. Spanish Wells was adorable; the swings were a favorite, as was the golf cart we rented for a day. The neighboring beaches had amazing padded starfish and great snorkeling.

Our days move at a different pace here. We homeschool where it fits (the girls have been loving our Around the World study and learning about every ocean animal, especially those we’ve seen in the Bahamas) and explore when we can.

Everything depends on the weather, which is a major difference with land life. Whether or not we leave the boat for the day depends on if we can do so easily and safely. Some days are a lot of back porch baby swings, YouTube exercise videos, boat projects, reading, magnatile castles, sourdough testing, and enjoying sunsets that look painted on the sky. Some nights (re: a few nights ago) are spent on very exhausting ocean crossings so the girls can sleep through them.

And they are all good days 🫶🏼

03/26/2026

Every homeschool day is different (which is probably why we like it so much). This particular day we were moving about 8 hours and the seas were perfect, so we got math and ELA knocked out for my 1st grader and some Pre-K done with my 4 y/o. We’re doing an “around the world” study with both girls for geography so then we studied Russia and made paper matryoshka dolls 🪆

And of course, so much learning takes place outside of the book work we do. The girls learn strategy from chess and card games, oceanography from the world around them, engineering from lessons about operating the boat. It’s such a cool way to learn!

03/24/2026

“I want to live on a boat one day and travel the world” 👈🏼
My husband, within an hour of me meeting him 15 years ago 😅

I thought he was nuts. Good thing I came around 🤍

03/23/2026

Come with us as we cross from the Exumas to Eleuthera 🛥️ We had family flying into Eleuthera and one decent-looking crossing day before some major winds, so we took the window. The first half (especially making the cut out of Black Point) was rolly but it smoothed out as the day went on.

Cape Eleuthera is a 4,000 acre marina and resort set apart from pretty much everything else on the island. It has a gorgeous beach with tons of crabs which have completely delighted my girls (and a lovely pool). We haven’t stayed in a marina in quite some time. It’s been nice having AC and easy access to throw away trash lol but we prefer anchoring. Especially me, as I get eaten by no-see-ums 😅

One crazy thing about this marina…is they have 7 or 8 resident bull sharks in the marina that are fed chum regularly. We docked our boat and it looked like Jaws was swimming under us 🫠 If you need a reminder to not swim anywhere near marinas, let this be it.

We’ve been happy to be here with family. Taking off tomorrow to explore more of Eleuthera.

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