Traveling Shenks
About Us
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Welcome to Our World! We are the Shenk Family and this is the online chronicle of our life and our adventures. Our little gang loves to travel and experience new places, and we have done quite a bit of that … Read More

Cars
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How it Began & the 1980s I love cars. My favorite color is orange. Those are related. The 240-Z I suspect that my father paid extra attention to my mother when they first met because of her car. That car … Read More

Quilts
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Sew it began… My paternal grandmother, Nona Landers, made beautiful quilts from her home in West Virginia. She gifted one to my parents and my mother hung it on the wall of my room when I was little. It eventually … Read More

Traveling Shenks
Projects
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As much as we love to travel, it is not our only interest. When we are not hitting the road for the next great adventure, you can usually find our little family at home reading, playing games, watching movies, or … Read More

June 2019- Summer in Vermont Begins
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Two months into our time in Vermont and we welcomed our first visitors– Chris’s parents! They drove up to spend some time with us and help explore our new area. Due to the tiny nature of our accommodations, they stayed … Read More

May 2019- Settling into Vermont
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Spring weather appeared in May, and after unpacking and getting settled a bit in our little apartment, we were ready to head out and explore our new state. We started with our little town of Winooski, only one square mile, … Read More