FOTR?
FOTR are families who are choosing not to wait until their kids are grown to hit the road in a Recreational Vehicle (RV, big rig, bicycle and other means of transportation). They are exploring the highways and byways of America and beyond with their kids.
Who is on the FOTR Forum?
* Families who travel fulltime (all modes of transport)
* RVing Families ("weekenders") looking for tips and advice
* Families intrigued with the Nomadic Lifestyle
* Families getting ready to take the plunge
Join us at the FOTR Forum to talk about life on the road: Roadschooling, taking your job with you and finding jobs that let you travel, downsizing, finding kids to play with on the road and more.
Meet the Families!
Add your family to the FOTR map.
Meet families who are living their dream life on the road. The number of families has increased so much that we've divided the page into two A-J and K-Z. The blog roll is on page one and the map is now on page two.
Welcome to FOTR :
- The Beahrs who are becoming fulltime travelers in September after 3 years of researching and planning
- The Robinsons from Canada are hitting the road at the end of August
- The Filan Family is a family of 6 (The Six Pack Family) living life to it's fullest in a 34'
- The Paulley Family is revving up and raring to abandon the rat race and pursue their OWN American Dream
- The Stewart Family - has been traveling within their home state for a year and now they are getting ready to tour nation wide.
- The Miura Family - are a family of 5 happy campers off to explore America
- The Show Family says show us a great adventure!
- The Clemons Family - has been on the road for two years enjoying the closeness of family life in an RV.
- The Cashman's are picking up trash along the way, they began their crusade in June.
Meet more families who travel fulltime >>
New Projects and Announcements
Introducing: Teach Street a site that connects teachers and students in Seattle, WA and Portland, OR. The classes offered by teachers on the site range from bike maintenance to herpetology, with a good dose of various crafts, yoga, and music lessons thrown in for good measure. Right now, the site features close to 55,000 different classes and instructors.
More roadschooling ideas and resources...
New Affiliates
We'd like to thank our sponsors for making products that make life and learning on the road with kids possible!
Feature Book: Roadschooling Ryan
Special announcement from the LOUD Family
We have been working with an amazing company called Figure 8 Films on producing a 4 part mini series for Discovery Networks about our crazy life on the road with our family. They have finished the promo for our series and you can view it at this link. It is a large file and may take a few minutes to download but, it is worth the wait.
The series that tentatively is named "Our Loud Family" (cool huh) is scheduled to air sometime in September or October on Discovery Health.
We are so excited about this and have learned so much working with the production staff. We even got invited out to meet the Cream of the Crop at the Discovery Networks Office.
The LOUD Family www.ourloudfamily.com
Also of interest from figure8: On the Road with 16 kids
Roadschooling
Pursuing an education while traveling provides some unique opportunities and challenges. The roadschooling section provides tips, links, resource sand advice about homeschooling on the road.
- Roadschool To Go - Lesson ideas that will travel with you on your PDA!
Explorations
New on the exploration page: Map of US Amusement parks.
Explore things to do and find nationwide passes and discounts to museums, zoos, national parks and more.
The RV Lifestyle
Are you considering hitting the road? Want to learn more about living in a motorhome fulltime? If you are new to the idea of living on the road the lifestyle section is where you will learn about downsizing and job options for families on the go. Find information about budget, insurance and safety issues. Learn about technology that makes your mobile life a breeze. Plus answers to questions about how to stay in shape, take books along, get mail, take pets and more.
Home is where you park it
Resources
You will find books and movies recommended by families who are on the road in the resource portion of the FOTR site.Tips on how to buy an RV for family living, general information about RVs, travel information and links to articles.
- Watch a movie on your computer and never leave the RV.
Have your heard about Kindle?
- Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper.
- Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing.
- Wireless connectivity enables you to shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindle—whether you're in the your RV or at the playground with the kids.
- Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute.
- Unlike WiFi, Kindle utilizes the same high-speed data network (EVDO) as advanced cell phones—so you never have to locate a hotspot.
