Wandering Footsteps: Wandering the World One Step at a Time » A travel journal following a family on their overland trip around the world.

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  • Welcome to Wandering Footsteps, the travel journal of a nomadic family on an overland trip around the world. With thirty years of travel experience, a round-the-world trip already under our belt, a newly-converted bus, and a new baby in tow, this journey is bound to be interesting! Join us in our global wanderings - we've saved an extra seat just for you!

    - Brittany, Bruno, and Phoenix

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I’ve been interviewed on a podcast series called “Grounded Nomads” on the Nomadtopia Podcast. It covers our decision to rent a house in Osoyoos, British Columbia, how we are settling into our lives here, our plans for the future, and how the Covid-19 uncertainty has impacted our life and travel outlook. Hope you can check it out!

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  • Les Brown - Well, after a month of relatively mindless isolation on the 4th. floor, (one trip to Costco and two to Sobeys) I decided it was time to get up to date with you folks. It was three blogs and a ton of beautiful pictures. and next I will do them all again with Leonie as she is now allowed to visit here. They call it a 2 family bubble.? I’m sure you know we are fortunate here in New Brunswick with very little virus cases. I envy your time in Osoyus, it is such a beautiful place with so much for Phoenix to explore. I am sorry to hear you will end the long running blog. Maybe you will have a change of heart on that one. We are healthy and doing fine here and will soon be able to get out in the car to explore the beautiful green of a New Brunswick spring.
    Stay well and enjoy your time in Osoyus. Love you all. GrampaReplyCancel

  • Louise - Finally got to it! A great follow up to your first podcast! For me it helped fill in some of the blanks. Keep it up.Love it.ReplyCancel

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We should be in southern California, packing for our upcoming trip to France. Instead, we are recovering from a 2500km road trip that brought us to British Columbia. What happened to so drastically change our plans? The gobal Covid-19 pandemic happened, that’s what!

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  • Brittany - Wow, everyone. I am pretty much speechless. Totally blown away by the response I have received after announcing my blog was coming to a close (for now, at least). I’m not sure I realized that it had actually touched so many of you. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sending back so much love and helping me see the value in this long-time project of mine. Maybe I will revisit it one day – or maybe the space I am creating in my life will allow a new project to emerge! Feeling grateful for you all and your kind words and support.ReplyCancel

  • RCS - As a parent I have so thoroughly enjoyed your blog and later your vlog addition (you’re so natural in front of the camera), both in knowing you were safe and happy plus seeing new and strange places vicariously through you.

    Lisa was not your number 1 follower, I can assure you…despite the fact she was often the first and most frequent poster in response to your updates.

    I am hoping that this decision will be revisited at a future date and you will find the motivation to resume what has been our “life-line” to you, Bruno and of course our “little guy” Phoenix.

    Much love.ReplyCancel

  • Nicole - Salut la famille Caumette!

    Je vais définitivement manquer vos updates sur le blog! J’espère continuer de voir vos visages familier sur FB ou Instagram afin de pouvoir continuer de suivre votre cheminement et vos aventures.

    Stay safe – wishing you all the best!
    Xox
    Nic, Armand et les minisReplyCancel

    • Brittany - It warms my heart to know that you have followed our travels through this blog for all these years. Thank you! Thank you for your love, for your comments and for your well-wishes!

      See you this summer. xxReplyCancel

  • Trina Wood - Dear fantastic trio,
    I will miss your updates as well, but am relieved you have found a gentle and safe landing spot for the current spell. Much love. Will you be posting further on other platforms just to keep in touch even if it isn’t blogging? Thank you for taking us along on all the great adventures and being real throughout them.
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    • Brittany - Aw Trina, thank you so much for your comment! I do tend to post relatively frequently on Instagram (wandering.footsteps), and a bit less frequently on my Facebook page (Wandering Footsteps). And maybe another project will emerge at some point – but for now, housebound life is probably not that interesting to anyone else but us! 🙂

      Best wishes and stay in touch!ReplyCancel

  • Elizabeth S. - Sigh, I sure am going to miss your blog posts. So many fascinating stories of your adventures, personal insights into cultures, and countless beautiful photos over the past fifteen years. I know it was an enormous labour of love. Thank you so very much for all the time and energy you put into it. And maybe, just maybe one day I will again find an email in my inbox alerting me that Wandering Footsteps has a brand new post. No pressure….ReplyCancel

  • jean fred - the best choice was canada you made it. the blog stops but does not close. maybe another page will open later. we all hope so. I no longer responded on facebook.
    take care of you threeReplyCancel

    • Brittany - Thank you Fred! I have loved all your comments over the years, and hope to meet you someday in France!

      Did you stop using Facebook? Why? It was great to connect with you there!

      Merci et prenez soin de vous!ReplyCancel

  • Pete - Brittany
    Yours was the first travel blog I picked up on two years ago when I began planning a circumnavigation of the globe. I made it some way down the track before this horrid virus stopped me cold. You’ve both been an inspiration.
    My vehicle of choice is a hdj79 cruiser inspired by Totoyaya.
    Hopefully the world will recover and allow the continued construction and planning but in the meantime I’ll just keep looking to adventurers like you for pleasure.
    All the best in BC, we were there just before lockdown and love it.
    Pete
    Queenstown
    New ZealandReplyCancel

    • Brittany - It is so lovely to hear from you, Pete! I am really glad that we were somehow able to help inspire or motivate you to get your own dreams of overland travel up and running! I’m sure they are just postponed for the moment and not canceled – so please do send us a note with any fun updates!

      And also, for the moment I am still keeping my Instagram updates alive – wandering.footsteps

      Best wishes, and we hope to make it to Queenstown one day soon!ReplyCancel

  • Lisa Sharples - Breathing a sigh of relief knowing that your family is safe in Canada. I’m quite sure that I’m your #1 fan…so i’m sorry that you are stopping your blog but I totally understand how important it is to take good care of yourself and your family. Love you to the moon and back …xoReplyCancel

  • Nikos & Georgia - I am sure lots of people will miss your blog posts and especially your writing style and vocabulary (for me it was one of the reasons to read your posts).

    But, I am coming from there and honestly, I know how it works, so I totally understand.

    Real travellers (who do not make a living out of it) go through these moments. No need to push it further. For all of us, you are already on the top!!

    Full respect and Good Luck!! Stay safe – Stay healthy & keep inspiring people out there.

    Love from Greece

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    • Brittany - Aw you guys are the best – and, yes, I’m sure you TOTALLY get it!

      On to bigger and better projects I guess!

      xox from Canada to GreeceReplyCancel

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That’s the thing about the desert, I think. You have to work a little bit more to love it. To slow down, to really see. To appreciate the little flower buds among the thorns; the rabbits and road runners; the harshness of the environment. If you do, you may just be offered a special reward.

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  • Brittany - Thank you louise, as always, for reading and commenting! We are thinking of all our loved ones a lot these days and hope you are doing well down south! Knowing you, I’m sure you are!!ReplyCancel

  • Louise - Yet another wonderful chapter! Thank you.ReplyCancel

  • Brittany Sears - Thank you Lisa – it’s pretty easy to find beauty in the lovely SW USA. Hope you visit one day!!ReplyCancel

  • Brittany Sears - Hey Molly – I’ve been meaning to write to let you know our LA plans… but now they’ve changed (obviously!). Guess we aren’t going to France after all – to Canada we go!!! Let’s meet up another time soon ok?ReplyCancel

  • Molly McCarron - Stay safe guys! I guess you’ll be going to Mexico to sort out those passport issues. Stay on the Big Blue!ReplyCancel

  • Lisa Sharples - wonderful post…love seeing the pics of all of you together. I’m sure your parents loved being with Phoenix. Family time is so special…I love how you find beauty wherever you go. Stay safe ….miss you xo
    Love LisaReplyCancel

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We have quite a history with the American state of Arizona. It’s where we purchased our Big Blue Bus, where we did most of its conversion from an ordinary shuttle bus into our home-on-wheels; and it’s where we conceived our baby boy, Phoenix. Our return this month to Arizona has brought one very special journey full-circle.

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  • Louise - Fab Fotos! I love seeing Phoenix on his little bike. Adorable!ReplyCancel

    • Brittany - Thank you! The desert is pretty photogenic, and so is Phoenix, so they are easy subjects! 🙂ReplyCancel

  • Lisa Sharples - Enjoyed reading and seeing the pics on this post. Sending hugs from Costa Rica…hope we can meet up soon…love you!!!
    Lisa xoReplyCancel

    • Brittany - Thanks for being our number 1 fan! 🙂 Sending love from Arizona to you… now that you’re up in chilly Toronto! xxReplyCancel

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After spending over a year traveling in a bus through Mexico, we are road-tripping up the USA. In this video we take you along on what transit travel (or road trippin’) is like for our family – how our travel days flow and how we pace ourselves for the well-being of our two-year old (and our own sanity!).

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  • Lorna Morrison - So happy to see you!! Your travels are inspiring and very useful for someone travelling with a small child. The little one is sure growing.
    Hope all is well. Ron and Lorna –ReplyCancel

    • Brittany - Well HELLO! Thank you for sending a note! How are you? Did you return to Cuernavaca this winter? My parents were actually there for two weeks in December, but we were on the coast.

      We send our best and hope that your new home has been lovely this past year.ReplyCancel