On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:44:04 -0600, Tamaroak
wrote:

My bride and I are considering taking a year off and doing the Great
Circle Route/Loop, a mere 5000 miles around the east coast, the Erie
Canal and the Tenn-Tom. We would take our boys who will be 14 and 15 and
home schooling them on the boat, using a prepared curriculum and a
satellite Internet connection.

Does anyone out there have any experience in this type of adventure?

Seriously, and despite my initial silly comment, it's up to you to
judge whether this will work for you or not. If your kids are
reasonably disciplined, then it should work fine. On the other hand,
they are boys of that "certain" age which can be problematic. If they
share the same interests as you, then it will work most of the time -
if they don't, the chances are that you will not have a good time.

If you feel competent enough to guide them through the course work,
there are a lot of resources out on the web and other places for home
schooling.

One last comment - if this is something that you have wanted to do and
you have some resistance to the idea from the kids, think a little
more about the trip.

Good luck.

Later,

Tom