Take a look at all these unsocialized homeschool kids! What’s that they’re doing? Socializing?! Well, who knew! And here are those same unsocialized homeschool kids respectfully listening to Stephen Bautista’s lesson about guitars and his …
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Christy has wanted to see the giant redwoods since she was a (cute) little schoolgirl singing: “From the redwood forest to the gulfstream waters, This land was made for you and me!” Finally, she made …
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As “roadschoolers,” we are always on the lookout for educational opportunities, so we jumped at the free tour of the Korbel winery (or is it a champagnery?). I’m not going to tell you what we …
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What do The Travel Bags do on their day off? Have a picnic at the beach! Portuguese Beach just north of Bodega Bay, to be precise. It came highly recommended by the members of the …
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One of the wonderful aspects of our travels is witnessing how the churches and families we visit reach out to strangers in their communities. From food banks to foreign language services to dinners and special …
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The best business card we have ever seen was for Pastor Jeff Smith in Petaluma. It reads: Jeff Smith: pastor, honeybee keeper, police chaplain I think it should also say “married to an amazing cook …
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You can imagine that The Travel Bags children have heard Stephen Bautista’s songs a time or two or two hundred. As much as they l-o-v-e Daddy’s music, they were a bit bummed when the CD …
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Our girls sing a song called Pizza Angel, taught to them by the endearing (but potentially annoying in large doses) Larry the Cucumber of Veggie Tales fame. It goes like this: Pizza Angel, please come …
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We were ecstatic to be camping in an orange grove in California not too far out from Bakersfield. Doesn’t Miss Jazz Hands on the right look ecstatic?! The camp host said we could pick as …
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This is the perfect song for our leap of faith as The Travel Bags prepare to hit the road again for the Stephen Bautista Music mega-tour.
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