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We’ve had a rental house in Chicago’s suburbs but having had bad experiences with long term renters in the past, we were reluctant to follow the same formula. We’ve learned that the desire for a rental home varies greatly, whether relocation, renovation, divorce, a safe space with pets or a new career, hosting guests in our rental home has felt good, because we were able to provide a solution to someone’s dilemma if even for a little while. There are real-time alerts which you can filter by location, price range, bedroom count, pet-friendly, or amenity and set an alert to get notifications when a new listing is posted. Should you find yourself in Chicago, we hope that you use Zumper for your long term needs and think of us for your short term traditional rental options at The Lilly Pagoda!

We worked with an editor to pick a destination that would be accessible for a weekend trip, then get in the Jeep, try some restaurants and activities and take some documentation pictures and submit a story and photo package to the editor. We were lucky to cut our teeth as we did, but I think bloggers starting out are very lucky for all of the great outlets and agencies nowadays. We also would recommend Intellifluence, where there are blog resources you can read to help you get started and success story highlights like Leslie Rossi and best of all, paid opportunities to build your blog up. If you have questions about how to build a business of your blog and more about our favorite resources, check out then links provided and be sure to email us with your questions!

Me Volume 2′ documents my entire three year African expedition from start to finish. At 375 pages it’s 50% bigger than TRCM Volume 1, and it has been an enormous amount of work to bring this to life! Like volume one, this book contains more than just tales of adventure, but also the lifelong lessons I will never forget. Three years and 54,000 miles around Africa P. S. Please don’t forget to leave a review of the book!

In the eleven years since The Road Chose Me launched, I’ve posted exactly 600 blog entries and uploaded 4,102 photos from my two major expeditions. I’ve spent thousands of hours writing and editing photos, and fought more terrible wifi to get it all uploaded than I care to remember. I was extremely proud when my first articles were published in magazines, and holding the first printed copy of my published book was a feeling I’ll never forget. but you want to get out there and have adventures of your own, and I’m going to teach you everything you need to know!

Since many libraries have closed for the unforeseeable future, I hope to help offer several of our family’s favorite read-aloud books for the whole family. For a shorter read, this short child’s adventure book appeals to everyone in the family. Our kids still talk about these hilarious books and Mrs. Piggle Wiggle’s solutions for children’s bad habits (and it’s been three years since we read through them all). The Read Aloud Handbook Give Your Child the World Read Aloud Revival Booklists (website)

So links you find in this post are resources our family has used and feels are USEFUL and won’t waste your or your child’s time but be fruitful for their time at home. If you have 15 minutes a day to read aloud, you’ll be surprised how kids will gather around and listen to children’s classics or a different fairy tale each day (whatever you have on hand will work!) We just signed up for THE GREAT COURSES free trial (for a month) and here is a list of HEROES HISTORY BOOKS LIST from my HEROES + HOPE SIMPLE STUDIES. If you’re creating a schedule, maybe you schedule a time to gather for 30 minutes each day.

The Kickstarter will produce a limited edition copy with 30 full color images in the interior, and this edition will never be for sale again. The book also dives into the lessons I learned from the wonderful people of Africa, the world’s perception of Africa and how that compares to the reality on the ground. Beyond just the book there are plenty of other rewards on offer through Kickstarter including stickers, patches, my Africa photography book, The Road Chose Me Volume 1 and a limited edition canvas print of my favourite photo from the expedition.

As I hunker down this winter in the Canadian Rockies to write ‘The Road Chose Me Volume 2: Africa’, I will post daily on Instagram, revising my Pan-American Highway adventure to teach you how a regular guy like me did it. Truth be told I had little more than a ground tent, a bag of clothes, a box of food, a little hiking stove and a massive sense of adventure. I will start from the beginning and cover how I’m able to save money, vehicle preparation, planning and logistics. As the trip got underway I learned a lot about border crossings, bribery, paperwork and a slew of tips and tricks that helped me have the adventure of a lifetime.

This post contains affiliate links, which means we may earn a small commission on your purchase, but all of the opinions are our own and we would never promote something we didn’t use ourselves and love! Below is a walk through of a super quick real life trip you can take if you book today! Finally, to prepare you for your vacation, now through December 2nd Nordstrom Rack online is offering free shipping and $20 off if you spend over $100.00, plus 50% clearance and incremental incentives for spending more! The above trip is just an example of one of the pretty easy and fun getaways if you plan from late November-December.

The SEMA Show magically seems to grow every year in popularity, so if you plan to take the monorail, just plan ahead and give yourself extra time! This year I took Fred to the David Copperfield Show, where David literally shows you to “ The show starts with a narrated video of David and how he liked practicing magic, until he was twelve, and he threw his magic in the garbage. David made a car magically appear on stage, a UFO appear right over our heads, and his dinosaur Frank appear on stage!