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Meet the Roam School Family.
RoamSchoolFamily is a family of four roam schooling our way through the 64 U.S. national parks. Erika and I met in San Francisco, raised Big and Little there, then moved north to a Portland suburb, and we are both on sabbatical from leadership roles in tech. There is a small window, a few years where the four of us can do this together before it costs Big and Little something, and we are spending it on the road.
We're four people in a vehicle, working our way through the 64 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.
For where we are right now and where we're headed next, the map on this page is the running answer. More about us, including how we do school on the road.
Where we are.
26 stops behind us. Tap a marker to follow along.
- parks visited
- 19
- left
- 45
- Visited
- Upcoming
- Someday
- Detour
- Here — Moab, UT
Every stop, visited and ahead, is listed on Destinations.
Follow and listen.
Episodes from the road, recorded at the parks we've rolled out of.
Headed our way?
Headed our way? Next up: Capitol Reef, Bryce Canyon, Zion, and Grand Canyon, none of them stamped yet. If you've been, tell us what not to miss: trails, timing, where Big and Little should look up.
Lately.
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Latest post · October 24, 2026
Two Oaths
Two Junior Ranger badges in one day, a caprock that only looks balanced, and an hour of sand castles under Sand Dune Arch.
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Latest destination · UT
Arches National Park
More than 2,000 sandstone arches in the desert five miles north of Moab, the country Edward Abbey wrote into Desert Solitaire.
Older entries are in Posts.