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HI! We are Chip, Lindsay, Reid, & Bennett and in 2017-2018 we set off to discover new places, meet and re-connect with people, and help spread kindness
while enjoying a family gap year together. This is how “We Hit Pause” came to fruition.
Since then we have embarked on countless mini-pauses: 3 months in US/Canada, winters in Hawaii and Mexico, summers in Europe.
Here on our website, we share our experiences, challenges, memories, photos, and hopefully some decent tips for you.
If you want to start at the beginning of our journey, start HERE!!
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Meet Our Family:
We are Chip, Lindsay, Reid, and Bennett. A Family of four who enjoys “hitting pause” on our life in Durango, Colorado as often as we can to re-connect as a family and seek out those unforgettable travel moments. We’ve explored North America and Mexico by VW van during our one year sabbatical, Canada on a 10-week van trip, and so many other beautiful places in-between!
Wanna know why We Hit Pause? Start here…
- Arizona 4
- Baja 5
- Beaches 17
- California 4
- Canada 11
- Central America 10
- Colorado 4
- Costa Rica 2
- Europe 14
- European Cities 5
- Family Travel 28
- Finances 2
- France 5
- Germany 2
- Guatemala 5
- Hawaii 8
- Holland 1
- Idaho 2
- Ireland 4
- Mexico 10
- Minimalism 4
- Missouri 1
- Mother-Daughter Trip 9
- National Parks 11
- New Mexico 2
- Oahu 8
- Oregon 5
- Previous Trips 10
- Road Trip 25
- South Pacific 1
- State Parks 8
- Surfing 5
- Switzerland 1
- Texas 2
- Tours 9
- Travel 13
- Turkey 1
- UNESCO 2
- US Cities 6
- USA 29
- Vacation 10
- Vietnam 5
- Volunteer 1
- Washington 3
- Wyoming 3
- lessons 3
Oh Paris, you have my damn heart, and I think you always will. Our France trip commenced six weeks ago in Paris, and from the moment we were swept east via train, I’ve been thinking about the 'city of love' ever since. All of France has been magic, but there is just something about Paris for me. So after looping around the country to Bordeaux, then the Basque Coast, inland to Carcassonne, then the Mediterranean Coast, we hopped on our final high-speed train of the trip and headed towards Paris for our final four days! And let me tell you, it was icing on an already delicious cake!