Our family in Joshua Tree at golden hour — Cy, Erika, Big and Little against monzogranite boulders.

Raise the question askers.

A trail map and a kid's notebook on a picnic table — the homeschooling rig at rest.

Meet the Roam School Family.

Cy and Erika met in San Francisco, raised Big and Little there, then moved north to a Portland suburb. They're on sabbatical from leadership roles in tech. There's a small window, a few years where the four of us can do this together before it costs Big and Little something, and we're spending it on the road.

We're four people in a vehicle, working our way through the 63 U.S. national parks and the country between them. Big does math at the picnic table in the morning. Little is on a "draw what you see" rotation that has produced, to date, eleven bison and one ranger's hat. Erika keeps the rig running. Cy writes.

Right now we're working north. Desert behind us, the Cascades ahead.

Where we are.

Six stops behind us, the Cascades and Glacier ahead. Tap a marker to follow along.

parks visited
7
left
56

Every national park, and where we are on the route. Tap a marker for the park.

  • Visited
  • Upcoming
  • Someday
  • Detour
  • Here — at Mora Campground, Olympic National Park

Listen.

A new episode on each park, the week we roll out of it.

Headed our way?

We're working north toward Glacier, Grand Teton, Yellowstone, and Theodore Roosevelt, none of them stamped yet. If you've been, tell us what not to miss: trails, timing, where the kids should look up.

Give us tips and advice

You know this place better than we do. Tell us what not to miss.