Happy Birthday Mallory! Our middle child turned 12 years old today, and while she is often the center of attention, she took it to the next level today. Her choice of activities today was to visit a Phoenix…
2011.12.28 Chewin’ Up Some Highway
Happy Birthday Uncle Joe! Today is my uncle’s birthday and we started off his lavish celebration with breakfast at McDonald’s. Not that this was his birthday wish, but it was located right across the street from our motel.…
2011.12.27 Hell’s Bells
The most important, and often overlooked, aspect of packing for a lengthy road trip is to make sure you have plenty of musical instruments for your kids to play and you have prepared them well and taught them how to…
2011.07.26 Bigfoot Country
Stephanie and I started the final day of vacation with a morning run. When we realized there was an off-and-on drizzle outside, our enthusiasm increased. We located a relatively flat area near the Mountain Fork River. This area was…
2011.07.25 Trout Fishing & the Best of Hochatown
Stephanie has been in charge of setting our morning alarm during this trip. We needed it today, as we had plans to go trout fishing at 5:30am. The only problem is that Stephanie has a love affair with the…
2011.07.24 Steaks, Swimming & Smores
It was after 8:00 before I woke up. All the kids were still asleep but Stephanie was up. I looked out the window and noticed KK’s truck was gone, so I asked Stephanie if she knew where he went.…
2011.07.23 Running, Riding & Recreating
We were talking to the Park Ranger, standing in front of the Visitors Center. “We are looking for a flat stretch of land to run on in the morning. Is there any place you could recommend?” He studied us…
2011.07.22 Oklahoma: Home to Ancient Indians and Visits from Vikings
This story begins a few weeks ago. Stephanie picked up a hardtop travel case for our minivan at our church’s garage sale. We had been talking about getting one for years and when she found one for a great…