Our Old Dad

Post 2 · The System The Constraint System That Will Pick Our Next Places In Post 1 I laid out the mission: slow travel the world with my two youngest kids when I retire in about seven years. This post is how we'll decide where we go next—without turning travel into a constant argument, a constant scramble, or a constant money leak. We're building a constraint system. Not an itinerary. A filter. So when we ask: "Give us 20 places that fit our family from May 1 to August 1." …we don't get fantasy answers. We get places that actually work. How It's Structured Each constraint category is its own short document. That keeps everything modular and adjustable. Every constraint has: — Dealbreakers (hard filters that remove a place entirely) — Preferences (what we'd like, if we can get it) — Modes when needed (overseas base vs. North America camping/road) — Overrides for special trips or once-in-a-lifetime opportunities The constra...

Post 1 · The Mission Slow Travel: Our Plan to See the World (Without Rushing Through It) I'm an old dad. I'll be retiring in about seven years. When that happens, I'm doing something that sounds ambitious but is really just stubborn planning: slow traveling the world with my two youngest kids. Right now they're 2 and 4. When we leave, they'll be roughly 9 and 11—old enough to remember it, old enough to participate, and old enough for a life that isn't built around one zip code. This post is the why and the what. The next one is the how. The Goal See the world. But not the way most people mean it. Not a frantic checklist of landmarks. Not bouncing every few days, living out of suitcases, trying to cram a country into a week. The goal is to live inside places long enough to understand them—and to do it in a way that works for kids and works for me. That's what slow travel means. What That Actually Looks Like Slow travel is a st...