Category: Travel Tales

San Francisco: We Tried to Travel Slowly

I got my photos back! So if you read my book post you know that I was waiting on film photos so that I could finish my video. I did finish my video and then I took forever to post it here. Honestly, I get bust and forget where I’m at in my posting schedule

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Kansas-Missouri Road Trip

Recently we visited Kansas for a family reunion and decided to make a road trip. There was so much driving that being said, we saw some cool things and I was reminded that there is some stuff I would like to go see. Wichita, KS We visited the Keeper of the Plains. Yes, we did

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Kansas: Fort Larned National Historic Site

While working on a different Kansas post from earlier this year, I realized that I didn’t actually post about visiting Fort Larned National Historic Site in late 2025. I am going to fix that now. Both of these sites are free to visit and are worth the time. Pawnee Rock State Historic Site Before we

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Arkansas: Riding the Ozark Mountains

If you remember, late last year we went to Utah for some fantastic trail riding. This year my sister and I took a shorter, but no less beautiful trip to the Arkansas Ozarks with the mules. We stayed at the Boston Mountain Foxtrotters and Horse Camp. The horse camp is nothing fancy, it is a

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Orcas Island: Mainland & San Juan Ferry

Okay, I finally got this video done. I don’t really want to talk about why it took so long. Blame ADHD and life. That being said, I still think about this trip. I loved Orcas Island and the Pacific Northwest in general. We did a lot before we stepped onto Orcas. I do want to

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Colorado: LomoChrome Purple 35MM Film

So while we were in Colorado I decided to test out some LomoChrome Purple 400ISO 35mm film. This film adds a purple tint to the photos. Okay, you can actually shoot this film at 100 to 400ISO but I think I shot this roll at 400. Having now used this film, I did figure out

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Colorado: Estes Park Adventures

We were in Estes Park for a family reunion and we did a ton of stiff while there. Some of this stuff we did with a lot of family, some was just with a small group. All of it was fun. We did a lot of things for a variety of fitness levels. The Via

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Colorado: Boulder Hikes

Eventually I’ll catch-up on all my travels and documenting them but this is not that day. I am getting closer though. Last summer we went to Colorado and I had time to take a couple of short solo hikes while there. I was really out of shape while on these hikes and funny enough this

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Utah: Trip Preparation

A trip like this takes a lot of preparation. So much preparation in fact that I made two videos about it. This first video covers a gear prep overnight trip that my sister and I took to iron out any issues with our tack and expose the mules to a different environment before the Utah

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