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Summer vacation 2020 couldn’t have come at a better time to be perfectly honest. The pandemic had us stuck at home for three months, and we were ready to hit … Continue reading Travelogue: Char 19 in Monroe tough to beat
Sometimes our adventures are jagged and not straight. We had originally planned a stay at an Airbnb on Grand Lake, but it turned out to have a heating issue. After … Continue reading A weekend at Sequoyah State Park
So, I ain’t gonna lie. I’m beat. Kristi, too. I’m lying in bed as this blog is being crafted. We’re both super busy at work. We’re both still managing multiple … Continue reading Korean, Mexican flavors come together at northwest OKC’s ‘Chigama’
This is a blog I wrote months ago about a trip I took last year. Mom died during the summer, so this one got shelved, but not just because of … Continue reading Photos from trip to Denver, Coors Field, visit to National Ballpark Museum
A vacation to end the summer symbolizes the start of autumn, on the calendar if not the thermometer. It won’t start to feel autumnal in Oklahoma until November. To escape … Continue reading California Thinkin’: my takeaways from a trip to the Golden State
It’s Labor Day weekend 2018, and for the second straight year, Kristi and I are taking a little vacation. Last year, it was Albuquerque. This year, it’s Southern California. And … Continue reading Paco’s Tacos might have the best tortillas in America
Of all the places I’ve traveled to in the past decade, no place has surprised me as much as Pittsburgh. I picked the Steel City three years ago as a … Continue reading Pittsburgh baseball pilgrimage capped with visits to PNC Park
We got to Myrtle Beach super late Wednesday night, post-midnight Thursday morning. We might have arrived sooner if I hadn’t suggested we take a not-so-quick detour to Athens, Georgia. There … Continue reading Toes in the sand: Life is good in Myrtle Beach
Flew in to the ATL Tuesday night with a trip through the Deep South ahead of me. But my first mission was breakfast. A quick Google search landed me on … Continue reading Breakfast with full-on Southern charm: Buttermilk Kitchen everything I expected Atlanta to be
It’s like Virginia is becoming my second home. This is at least my third trip to Old Dominion in the past three years although there might have been a fourth … Continue reading Lake Anna getaway my latest Virginia adventure
Oklahoma is a much more topographically diverse state than most folks think, although I love referring to John Fullbright’s “All The Time In The World:” Central Oklahoma Is my land, … Continue reading Cool getaway for cheap? Beavers Bend State Park brings the beauty
New Year’s 2018 greeted the United States with a deep freeze, colder weather than we’ve seen in these parts in half a decade. For me, that meant an evening indoors … Continue reading 8 New Year’s resolutions for 2018