Shibuya Crossing Scramble
To skip to the info on Shibuya Crossing scramble, see day 65 below. Travel Log: Day 63 (8/29), Tokyo Japan This is being written two days after the fact, so I may be missing some details. The school day was shortened today to remove social studies from the regular timeline. We instead wanted to go
Akihabara Electric Town (aka Akiba)
See travel log day 62 below for into on Akihabara Electric Town. Travel Log: Day 60 (8/26), Tokyo Japan I slept like crap again last night. I got somewhere around 5 hours of total sleep and my worst ever sleep score of 43. Daytime tiredness was also at a new high. Finding Food We decided
Jet Lag, The Punishment For International Travel
In this series of days I was suffering badly from jet lag, which I recognize as the price to be paid (punishment) for international travel across extreme time zones. Travel Log: Day 58 (8/24), Tokyo Japan JC and I slept on the futon bed in the living room last night, and it was actually pretty
Japan Travel Day
This duo of travel logs rolls up the hell of a travel day getting to Japan. Travel Log: Day 56 (8/22), Houston Texas, Pacific Ocean We caught our hotel shuttle to the airport at 7am, and did the airport stuff. We went through TSA pre check and the rules were of course different again. It
Preparing For Japan Launch From Houston
In this series of days we are preparing for our Japan launch from Houston after arriving briefly back in the USA from Costa Rica. Travel Log: Day 53 (8/19), Jaco and San Jose Costa Rica Today we packed up all of our stuff and boarded our shuttle to San Jose. For BC and I this
Final Days In Jaco Costa Rica
This set of days surrounds our final days in Jaco Costa Rica. Travel Log: Day 49 (8/15), Jaco Costa Rica Today we wrapped up the first week of homeschool. BC passed his vocab and spelling tests. We also did some fun stuff for astrophysics, learning about star deaths. We went to the pool in the
Homeschool And Haircuts Family Travel Life
In this series of days you’ll see some of the less glamorous realities of a family gap year, where we tackle homeschool and haircuts in our family travel life. Travel Log: Day 45 (8/11), Jaco Costa Rica We had a really good day today. It was the first day of homeschool and we got to
Denver To Guam Marathon Travel, Costa Rican Plumbing
In this series of days I’m researching booking options for the upcoming Denver To Guam marathon travel to get my mom, dealing with Costa Rican plumbing, and we prep to start homeschool. Travel Log: Day 41 (8/7), Jaco Costa Rica I spent most of the day doing post-Japan research, but squeezed in a workout while
The Correct Way To Notarize A Document
Hint, the correct way to notarize a document is not here: More on notaries in Day 40 below. Travel Log: Day 38 (8/4), Jaco Costa Rica Today was leg workout day, and it went much better than last week. I think all of my struggles last week were probably due to recovering from my sunburn,
Sand Turtle And Screen Free Day
In this series of days JC creates her famous sand turtle, and also loses her shit at screen usage and declares a screen free day. Travel Log: Day 34 (7/31), Jaco Costa Rica JC hit another breaking point with screens and wanted a no screen day. I’m always game for those, so we went ahead
Traveling Toward Fire
A Premature FI Experiment
