Snorkeling on the outer reef at the Great Barrier Reef during a 3 day live aboard out of Cairns, Australia

We are a family of five that decided to leave our normal lives behind and travel around the world for 180 days.  Joey and I are both physicians back home in Lexington, KY and our kids are Wilson (a smart, funny, pragmatic 14 year old who approaches life with the wisdom of an 80 year old and the mischievous grin of someone who gets the inside joke), Bailey (an opinionated, strong-willed, compassionate 12 year old who never misses anything and may rule the world someday), and Gus (an energetic, passionate 9 year old who lives every second of his waking life with everything he has and would give the shirt off his back to ease the suffering of an earthworm). We love traveling, trying new things, meeting awesome people, eating good food, and adventure sports.  In this blog, we will be sharing the stories of the places we experience along the way.  We will share our successes and our failures in hopes that this is inspiring, helpful, and entertaining to our friends, family, and anyone else who happens to discover us.  For more on why we decided to do this, see our blog post on “Traveling is my favorite thing”.  Read More About Our Philosophy.

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St. Louis: One of the most underrated and perfect destinations with kids.
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St. Louis: One of the most underrated and perfect destinations with kids.

We have been to cities all over the world and l would honestly put St. Louis at the very top of the list of cities to visit with kids. I am trying to think of any other city I would put above it and there is none. The variety of things to do in St. Louis coupled with its affordability and ease of navigation makes it a fun and easily accessible destination with kids. Not only are there tons of activities catered towards kids there, but it is also culturally acceptable and even expected that you bring your kids everywhere. Because a lot of the tourist destinations in St. Louis were funded by philanthropic donations from the Busch family, many of the major attractions are TOTALLY FREE. I’m not kidding

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The Sun Rising over Kauai from Poipu Beach. January 23rd, 2022