Author Archives: Pam

About Pam

Our family of five is on a ten-month Great Adventure around the world. We're using this blog to communicate with family, existing friends, new friends we meet along the way, and fellow world dreamers. Please join us!

Shanah tovah

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Pam

The new year has arrived, and once again, I am not quite ready.  There are things I meant to get done, that I have not yet accomplished; tasks associated with processing and memorializing our year like no other that I … Continue reading →

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And the skylark sings with me…

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Pam

Next week, the kids head back to brick-and-mortar school: another demarcation of the end of the Gap Year. I’ll miss homeschooling.  Well, aspects of it.  Most fundamentally, of course, the portability of homeschooling enabled us to do the trip at … Continue reading →

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Hairy Adventures, Part VII

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Pam

Jonah’s well-wishers will be happy to hear: he cleaned up, just in time for Papa’s 80th birthday tomorrow.  Praise be. So in review, here, at a glance… The Gap Year, In Hair: Zambia Malawi South Africa Miami Ecuador Peru Chile … Continue reading →

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On the road again

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Pam

Just a little road this time, a short trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, to visit friends. We’ve been to the Yoop before.  Several years ago, we came up with my parents and brother, rented a couple of RVs … Continue reading →

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Hairy Adventures, Part VI

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Pam

He’s back from camp… It’s rare, that I’m speechless.  

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Connecting the Dots: Seeing Signs

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Pam

I’m spending a lot of time going through pictures these days.  It’s fun to see how the dots connect across continents. And my personal favorite…

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Top 5 Lessons Learned About Extended Travel

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Pam

Carrying on with the Top 5 Lists: Over the last few days, Tom and I have had several conversations with people interested in our trip in which we have attempted to distill the highlights.  It’s hard.  “Of all the places … Continue reading →

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Deadline on sacred time

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Pam

I think I’ll give myself a deadline.  I find deadlines to be helpful. Although obviously there was dreaming and planning and prelude, the true Gap part of our Year began somewhere between Labor Day and October 1 of last fall. … Continue reading →

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Out of Thin Air

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Pam

So, last week when my uncle launched his quest to answer the mystery of how the 466th highest peak in New Hampshire came to bear our unusual family name, there was a degree of eye-rolling amongst the Klem Klan.  (One … Continue reading →

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Into Thin(ish) Air

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Pam

All right — I don’t know that today’s breaking news has any place at all, on the Family Gap Year blog.  Perhaps I ought to work out a different venue.  Nonetheless, having developed such finely honed reportorial habits over the … Continue reading →

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