Hi from Anthony and Jodie! We are the Learners and Makers. Traveling the world full time since 2022, we empower families and people with mobility disabilities to travel confidently, their way. Right about this time, two years ago in 2024, we were in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Fortunately, we weren't treading water. We were on a cruise ship. But that cruise wasn't some round-trip loop-da-loop like you often get for, say, a trip to Alaska, or around the Caribbean. Instead, we'd flown into...
11 days ago • 2 min read
Hi from Anthony and Jodie! We are the Learners and Makers. Traveling the world full time since 2022, we empower families and the mobility disability community to travel confidently, their way. Traveling the world as a family of four, we often seek out vacation rentals instead of hotel rooms. Since we aren't just sightseeing but living regular life, albeit in different countries, staying in rentals gives us more space. Plus, we typically can find stays in regular, everyday neighborhoods. That...
18 days ago • 2 min read
Hi from Anthony and Jodie! We are the Learners and Makers. Our family of four has been traveling full time since 2022. Recently, we were chatting with someone at an event, and I happened to notice her upper arm. “A daruma tattoo!” She was delighted that we recognized what it was—and knew the significance. The daruma is a sort of good luck charm in Japan. The round figure is mostly a big face, but there are no eyes. You make a wish or set a goal, color in one eye, then when your wish comes...
25 days ago • 2 min read
Hi from Anthony and Jodie! We are the Learners and Makers. Traveling the world full time since 2022, we empower families and people with mobility disabilities to travel confidently, their way. Greetings from Virginia… and Pennsylvania! The four of us are back in the USA for another couple of weeks, taking care of a bit of life admin, health care, and business. After some relatives invited us for chicken tikka masala, basmati rice, and naan bread at their place the other night, we couldn’t...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hi from Anthony and Jodie! We are the Learners and Makers. Traveling the world full time since 2022, we empower families and people with mobility disabilities to travel confidently, their way. Last month, we celebrated four years of full-time family travel. If we’ve learned anything about long-term, slow travel, it’s that the slower you go, the better the journey. A slow pace has sustained our travels, our family bond, and our personal satisfaction. In fact, our slow pace has been integral to...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hi from Anthony and Jodie! We are the Learners and Makers. Traveling the world full time since 2022, we empower families and people with mobility disabilities to travel confidently, their way. With a belly full of dumplings, mushrooms, wild boar, and all things cherry, our Baltic Summer tour has officially concluded. Here’s the final tally: Helsinki, Finland, 28 nights (direct flight from Osaka, Japan) Tallinn, Estonia, 5 nights (ferry from Helsinki, crossing the Gulf of Finland) Riga,...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi from Anthony and Jodie! We are the Learners and Makers. Traveling the world full time since 2022, we empower families and people with mobility disabilities to travel confidently, their way. Hello from Poland! Our family is in Gdansk, on the Baltic Coast, the finale for our 2026 Baltic Summer. We’re still savoring the gnocchi-style potato dumplings, mushroom sauce, and seared wild boar from the walking food tour we took throughout the pedestrian Old Town last night. Spending more time in...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hi from Anthony and Jodie! We are the Learners and Makers. Traveling the world full time since 2022, we empower families and people with mobility disabilities to travel confidently, their way. Greetings from Warsaw, Poland! We are on the last legs of our Baltic Summer tour of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland—but our thoughts this week are turning somewhere else. A couple of summers ago, we were seeking a place to break up a bigger road trip. With many plans afoot for Illinois,...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi from Anthony and Jodie! We are the Learners and Makers. Traveling the world full time since 2022, we empower families and people with mobility disabilities to travel confidently, their way. When you travel full time, you also plan travel full time. That’s a reality we’ve gotten used to over the almost-four-years that we’ve been traveling as a family. Day trips, a sightseeing afternoon, a weekend away, where we might find a vacation rental for a month’s stay in a new-to-us country: that’s...
2 months ago • 2 min read