Grateful for another year of travel, big dreams, and you

Published 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.

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 bit. After the big day itself, we’re going to crank out our own Thanksgiving dinner for the four of us, complete with lots of pie.

If Thanksgiving is part of your special occasion line-up, we hope you have an amazing holiday. Either way, we are grateful for you, for your love of travel and togetherness, and for another year full trip dreaming, planning, and traveling!

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Thanks for reading! See you next time, and happy travels

Anthony & Jodie

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