meet us:
Updated: August 18, 2024
We're Lee & V; our friends also know us as the Franklins. Married in 1996 and the parents of two grown boys, we have a fantastic relationship that we like to believe only gets smoother with age. We love a good hike, great food, a cold tasty beverage and a fun adventure!
20 years! - Kona, HI 2016
We've been traveling the United States full time since May 01, 2021. Fulltime travel doesn’t mean fulltime vacation. Work guides our weeks, and the weekends are for fun.
Things like:
Take a Hot Air Balloon ride
Survive a whitewater rafting trip
Visit every state in the nation. 41/50 Last new state: Michigan 2024
Visit all the National Parks. 21/63 Last new Natl Park: New River Gorge 4/2024
Hike a piece of the Appalachian Trail in every state it runs through: 7/14 Last AT hike: TN/NC combo 3/2023
Like every good adventurer should, we have bucket lists!
You get the idea!
Jumping into fulltime travel with full abandon has been one of the scariest decisions of our lives. But, it's also been one of the best. Easily top 3! We've heard the all-to-common stories from family and friends of "if only we had done it sooner" or "if only we had had the chance before it was too late."
Accepting new struggles, learning to adapt, and stretching out of our comfort zone has become our new way of life. We're embracing the moment TODAY and loving every minute of it.
Thanks for poking around our site. We hope you're inspired to take a leap of your own!
It's a great, big, beautiful world out there! Go see it!
