• Lee,  travel

    #Schummer14: Frequently Asked Questions (pre-trip edition)

    Here are a few of the questions we’ve heard most often when telling folks about our plan to spend 30 days in July and August away from work and on a road trip. Why are you doing this? We are taking 30 days off to travel because we can and because traveling is fun and energizing to us. {social commentary: the way people react to our trip has been insightful about their personal views on life and work. We are thankful to all who have been open-minded about our opportunity rather than projecting their insecurities onto us.} Where are you going? We’ll be in Toronto and Montreal first, then we’ll drive…

  • Lee,  travel

    #Schummer14: Big news! We’re having a …

    Big news for some of you I haven’t talked to in awhile … Lee and I are having a … Summer of Schnyder! What’s a Summer of Schnyder? I’m so glad you asked. It’s a month-long adventure with Lee and MeLinda Schnyder traveling by vehicle to new cities in Canada and the U.S. It’s no work for 32 days! It’s six new states we’ve never visited. It’s seeing our baseball buddies Charlie and Kim in Toronto and picking up the last stadium Lee needs to claim he’s watched a baseball game in every current MLB city. It’s getting up for sunrise on a mountaintop. It’s staying in bed until we…