August 2024 Welcome to Astoria, Oregon What a cool old town! So much history. Amazing architecture. An eclectic mix of people… Our first...

August 2024 Back in 2019, Aunt Trudy and I did a month long road trip from Texas to San Diego and back to Kansas hitting 22 national and...

July-Aug 2024 Welcome to Washington! I crossed over the Columbia River at Hood River, Oregon on a very narrow metal bridge. Seriously, I...

July 2024 Driving into Idaho felt familiar. There’s lots of farmland. The biggest difference are the mountains in the distance! The Board...

Welcome to Utah! After exploring the southern side in 2019, I'm excited to see what the north part of the state is like. It's this...

July 2024 Time for a big road trip again! (I’ll circle back to Fatima and house updates later.) On the way to Pacific Northwest, here’s...

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A pause from the photos to go through the apparition timeline. And back to pretty pictures! A very big thank you to Chris Revak for...

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I flew in a few days early to ward off any jetlag and get used to the time change. Here's what happened first:

I can't stay grounded for too long. The travel bug is still alive and well! Texas In late January, I headed south (to find warmer...

December 2022 - January 2023 Disclaimer: This is not a how-to-remodel-a-house blog. I do not actually know what I'm doing. Do not attempt...

November 2022 I need a place to stay. My sister's basement is just lovely, but Aunt Megan needs her own space if ya know what I mean! We...

October 2022 I wasn't expecting to close on the house until the end of October so planned one last big trip. This time I flew. Turns out...

August-October 2022 Time to set up camp (so to speak). The housing market in Ashland, Kansas is not as vibrant as the big city. Word of...

Being with friends and family the past two month has been so refreshing and filled me up. It sounds cliché but I see now how important it...

Dates: July 17-23, 2022 Remember that business retreat from Pensacola at the beginning of the year? We did another one! This time in...

Dates: July 10-17, 2022 By now, you've noticed that I return to the people I really love spending time with! Back in Irmo with my friend...

Dates: June 25, 2022 Who waits in line to get IN to a prison? This girl. Brushy Mountain State Pen shut down in 2009 and is now a museum...