by sprintermom | Apr 12, 2021 | Reflections
If you don’t like the story you are living in, you can always change the title; we are home wherever we go, now as Wayfind Vans. It’s Freedom: No Matter Where We Go We Are Home Wayfind Vans is Our Aspiration to a Life of Freedom Our old name, Rogue...
by sprintermom | Mar 29, 2021 | National Parks and Places
Bend, Oregon is great, be a tourist here. This post is all about how we lived the locals’ life for a ski season, and our takeaways. Completely piggybacking the popular bumper sticker Bend Sucks, Don’t Move Here, the catchy line is meant to convey how...
by sprintermom | Jan 2, 2021 | Kids and Pets
Apparently there isn’t thing in our life not along for the ride on the adventure. Now even the chickens are on wheels. This is Getting Ridiculous: Even Chickens on Wheels Backstory: we got chickens for our youngest daughter Phalen’s 8th birthday. We decided...
by sprintermom | Dec 27, 2020 | Tips and Stuff
The van is truly freedom in any season, when winter comes we put away the summer camp gear and transform the van to our ski lodge on wheels. It’s Freedom in Any Season: The Van is the Best Summer Camper and Winter Ski Lodge How We Converted the Van for Any...
by sprintermom | Aug 24, 2020 | National Park Art, National Parks and Places
The prolific Pacific Northwest is home to the largest temperate rainforest on planet earth. It’s pretty magical. Not to mention the spectacular contrasting ecosystems, just take Olympic National Park. It ranges from dramatic alpine peaks to an ancient lush green...
by sprintermom | Aug 17, 2020 | National Parks and Places
Nothing says a great road trip like the ultimate van rescue operation. A great road trip is all about the unexpected adventures and memorable experiences encountered on the way. Thanks to the heroic efforts of the Sons of Beaches, our van was not swept into the...
by sprintermom | Jun 29, 2020 | Reflections
There is no other place on earth we’d rather spend a decade-in-the-making big graduation ceremony than family van life at Yosemite. We completely ditched the virtual one. Family Van Life: The End is the Beginning If you had to chose one place to mark the end of...
by sprintermom | Jun 15, 2020 | Reflections
I am not getting into the Covid-19 debate, or lack thereof. What I will observe, is that it is apparent that “our” public lands are not ours. We are not free to roam in vast open space. Closed Public Lands and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Part 2 There is No...
by sprinterdad | Apr 3, 2020 | Reflections
With Coronageddon in full force, I’ll step back to discuss COVID-19 as it relates to my other job, an Emergency Physician with an MPH. Most of the writing we do here at Sprinterfam relates to traveling with our kids, but since COVID-19 is new and unknown, and has...
by sprintermom | Apr 1, 2020 | Reflections
If something doesn’t feel good, there is a reason; this post is about what led us to step it up a notch, and van life homeschool. Thank you, malignant Waldorf School, Siskiyou School bubble, in the Rogue Valley, for teaching us these lessons. After this, we will start...
