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. Our family of four is back in the USA for a couple of months. Along with the holiday season, it’s prosthetics season for Jodie. This week has one of our favorite times of year: Thanksgiving. Our plans include a special dinner with Anthony’s family. We haven’t had access to ovens for the past year and a...
11 days ago • 1 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. While our family gets ready for an epic travel day, Jodie and I realized something: Most travelers do it backward. They invest in expensive checked luggage, then grab whatever cheap backpack fits under the seat. Throughout our 3 years of full-time family travel, we've flipped that approach. Our Cotopaxi...
18 days ago • 1 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… the USA! We’re back in the States for a few months, seeing family for the holidays and taking care of a few things. We’re also still tired from the LOOOOOONG travel days from Malaysia, flying west via the Middle East. It’s been a time, yall. Still. As 2025 winds down, we’ve got a lot to...
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. As you ponder your travel plans, we can’t say enough good things about Taiwan and Taipei. As parents, we appreciate that Taiwan is so full of delicious, amazing food, that our 2 months there were the least we’ve ever cooked. If there’s anything we have to say, it’s this: Don’t make the mistake we did....
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. A big goal for us in 2025? Learn to scuba dive. Water recreation is a big love for our family. For Jodie as amputee who uses a prosthetic leg, water sports also are easier for her mobility. We enjoy being on the water, after all. Why not get under the surface? Earlier this year, we worked with an...
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. As you might have noticed, we are big fans of Japan. Japan was Connor’s first foreign country—when he was 15 months old. After hearing about Japan for years, when Aster had her first visit in 2023, she too took in the wonder and deep affection we feel. After that 2023 trip, we started kicking around an...
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 did you win the lottery?" "Must be nice having a trust fund." We hear things like this now and again. But the dirty secret is... we aren't rich. No trust fund. No lottery. But we manage to travel the way we do. How? Let's dive into that... Tips we use to travel full time with our kids, even though...
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. All writing is a form of time travel. From our perspective, writing this next to a sunny window in Osaka, you are in our future. When we share the same now, we’ll have something else in common: We’ll both be thinking about Osaka. You might be wondering if you’re going to go. Our family will be figuring...
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. Help with mobility can come from unexpected places. Years ago, Jodie began using a trekking pole to make hiking easier, especially with the kids. It gave her stability and balance as she navigated uneven terrain with her prosthetic leg. Jodie was familiar with other amputees who used mobility aids like...
2 months ago • 2 min read