HI! We are the Blakes

I’m Olivia de Soria. My travel tips and misadventures are equipped with a healthy dose of honesty, so that you can see the real thing. Traveling is not always pretty. But when it is, it’s always worth it. Here, you can learn from my mistakes. 
My husband Adam and I have been traveling off the beaten path since we first met. From Asheville, NC to the California coast, I rode on the back of his 750cc Honda Motorcycle for two weeks straight. 11 years later, we are now equipped with two children, and still chasing the scenery wherever it goes. By boat and RV, we go to great lengths to put our footprints in the landscape.
We homeschool, worldschool, roadschool, boatschool, whatever you want to call it, we learn together about the things we experience on our journey, and more often than not, the natural world is our teacher.
We are not independently wealthy, rather, we rent our house out through air b and b, which is enough to fund our rugged travels. We would rather chase the scenery than have chocolate laid out on satin pillows. We are leaving the luxury for cruise lines and resorts, and instead, we do more research to find immersive and safe travel destinations. 
Currently our home is on a 38 foot Catamaran, but not long ago a 20 foot RV was our home, from the coast of North Carolina to the Coast of California. 
Traveling as often as we do has taught us one thing: home is a state of mind. And currently, our real home is wherever we are together, as a family.