Hi, We’re Kathy and Derek, full-time slow travelers

We’re excited to welcome you on our journey at Good Life Road! 

In 2024 we got rid of virtually all our stuff, and began our full time travel adventure. Our style of travel is more the slow-travel variety, living for one to two months at each destination around the world, immersing ourselves in the culture, food, and “way of life”, while sharing the gems and insights we’ve garnered along the way.

We each learned our love for travel during our early twenties, prior to meeting each other. So, it was a natural progression for us when just one year into our long distance relationship we moved all our belongings into a storage unit and embarked on a four month backpacking trip to Central America. Living out of a tent and in cheap bungalows, while exploring the beautiful culture and natural settings of Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico, was a special way for us to solidify our new relationship and our shared passion for exploring the world.

We’ve now been married 21 years, and our 18 year old daughter has an impressive collection of stamps in her passport. She recently embarked on her greatest adventure yet… College, and her flight from the nest was one of the final pieces of the puzzle enabling Kathy and I to venture into the world again, this time indefinitely, as full time slow travelers.

Our careers have included a wide range of experiences. Kathy has worked in commercial production, corporate marketing & data, and as a personal chef (yes, I’m lucky). I’ve been a salaried environmental consultant for most of my career, and recently shifted to working as an independent consultant. So while we travel full-time we are by no means fully retired.

Along with our passion for travel and adventure, we’ve always thrived on thinking  “out of the box” in order to design our lifestyle to be as enjoyable as possible and to fit our needs and desires. One of our primary goals here at Good Life Road is to share lessons learned, and the tools we’ve developed along the way, to help you on your journey to designing a life that allows you the freedom and security to live the life of YOUR dreams.  

We hope to see you here at Good Life Road! 

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