I am a middle school counselor and my husband is a middle school teacher. When we were in our twenties we decided, after years of traveling around the world, that we needed jobs that would support our passion of experiencing the world. The dream went on hold while I stayed home for eight years to raise two kids on one meager teacher's salary. Since returning to the world of paid work in 2008 we have made our dreams a reality by taking our children on a back packer budget travel experience each summer for at least three weeks.