The Gees' travels haven't been without a few challenges. be able to figure out a way to fund our adventures and will just keep going until that runs out and if that stops, then we'll probably stop," said Jessica. The Gees said their goal all along was not to touch their savings. While a student at BYU, Garrett started a company called Scan. The Gees could fund their adventures out of their own savings account - they're actually millionaires. She works with hotels and brands to get sponsorships. Garrett does all the creative work photography and editing. "More and more people started following along and we started working with resorts to help host us and, yeah, it has turned into a job and so that's been kind of hard on me, realizing that if we want to keep going, this is a job now," said Jessica. The Bucket List Family has more than 260,000 Instagram followers. Jessica says she knew her husband would document their trip and she knew they'd have an Instagram account, but she didn't expect such a following. The Gees document their travels through social media. "The most fun lesson is just to see that people all over the world are just like us they have the same loves and problems and hobbies," said Garrett. The Gees came back home to Utah twice: once at Christmas and again just a few weeks ago. The Provo couple sold their belongings to fund their travels and launched a social media campaign under the name the Bucket List Family. We first introduced you to the Gees last November. Kitts, Niveas, Bahamas and all around there," said Garrett Gee. Then the last four or five months has been mostly Caribbean that's Dominica, Turks and Caicos, St. "The first leg of our travels were the South Pacific, so that was Tonga, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand and then up into Asia in places like Bali, Thailand and Singapore. (KUTV) From free diving with sperm whales in Dominica, to bungee jumping in New Zealand, to taking a dip with the infamous swimming pigs in the Bahamas, Garrett and Jessica Gee are living the life.Ībout a year ago, Garrett, Jessica and their two young children, Dorothy and Manilla, started circling the globe, visiting the places on their bucket list.
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