Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
The snow it gone in Texas and the spring thunderstorms are here along with some fantastic flowers – some of my favorites! I absolutely love trees in bloom but I have to act quickly if I want pictures of them. Keltin and I have a new lens – a 50mm – and this was the
I don’t typically review local restaurants but I feel like this one deserves it and with less travel its good to explore our own backyards. I have visited twice within the last month and the food has been incredible both times. If you are visiting North Texas I highly recommend checking out Windmills. Its an
Today is my birthday and I have decided to emulate Tolkien’s Hobbits today and give all of my followers a gift. Over the past year I have been working on a project: to help people who aren’t sure where to start plan a trip to the Lone Star State. This new page of my site
As exciting as road trips are there are times when things can get dull, when long stretches of empty road make us sleepy. This list should help keep you awake and ready for anything. Podcasts – Binge Mode, Camp Monsters, Spirits, Last Podcast on the Left Music – YouTube Music, Spotify Audio Books – Audible
This has been a rough winter with Covid, being separated from family & friends, and wild snow storms. There is beauty that can be found amongst the chaos. as long as we look for it. Our yard was full birds during the February snow storm. You could see their footprints in the snow like dancers
We are off to see the wizard. Well not yet, before starting on a road trip we need to be a bit better prepared than Dorothy. This week we are heading down the road to Liberal, Kansas. Liberal has laid claim to the Wizard of Oz. We briefly discussed a few things to bring in
Finding a place to stay can get expensive. Even an inexpensive places has taxes and fees that make even one night costly. There are a variety of ways to budget for rooms or campsite while road tripping. How you are traveling will make a difference as to where you can stay. State Parks – Due
I have a lot of bucket list things to do and I’m working on them but one of them is NOT jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. I’ll scuba dive, I’ll ride in hot air balloons but no one has persuaded me to jump out of a plane yet. My sisters on the other
Traveling with dogs is fantastic but it can make things a little bit tricky. This is for a number of reasons. All the stops have to be dog friendly or the weather has to be cool enough that short periods in the car are okay. Also you want them to be comfortable too and the
The artist that created these signs passed in 2017 but his art outside of Mullinville, Kansas is still creating waves. These signs, art pieces, are meant to be loud comments on various topics – mostly political. I find them crude and rude, however, they are also a non-violent form of political commentary. Commentary aside they
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