WELCOME TO OUR JOURNAL OF MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES DURING OUR LIFE’S JOURNEY, ALONG WITH A PEEK INTO SOME OF OUR PASSION PROJECTS AND GROWING LIST OF HOBBIES, AND MAYBE EVEN SOME MINDFUL THOUGHTS FOR US ALL TO PONDER.
AFTER WE WRAPPED OUR “50 STATES” PROJECT IN AUSTIN, WE HAD SOME TIME BEFORE WE NEEDED TO GET TO NEW MEXICO, SO WE DETOURED SOUTHWEST TO ONE OF THE LEAST VISITED NATIONAL PARKS IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S.
WE FOUND OUT THAT THE REASON IT’S NOT FREQUENTED AS MUCH IS NOT BECAUSE IT’S NOT BREATHTAKING, , BUT RATHER, IT’S WAYYYY OUT OF THE WAY TO GET TO SINCE IT’S NESTLED ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER WITH MEXICO JUST A SKIP AWAY.
Read MoreKEY WEST WAS A BIT TOO FAR FOR A DAY TRIP, SO WE MADE IT HALFWAY DOWN THE KEYS TO ISLAMORADA, HOPING TO KAYAK AT CERTAIN RENTAL PLACE. WHEN THE GPS THOUGHT WE ARRIVED, WE SAW NOTHING.
AFTER WALKING AROUND FOR A FEW MINUTES, WE NOTICED A SEVERELY DAMAGED SIGN WITH THE RENTAL COMPANY LOGO ON IT, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE IN SIGHT. THAT’S WHEN WE WE REALIZED HURRICANE IRMA GOT TO IT A FEW FIVE MONTHS BEFORE WE DID…
Read MoreAFTER A COUPLE NIGHTS SPENT IN CABELA’S PARKING LOT IN HUDSON, MA, WE WERE PRETTY EXCITED AND SLIGHTLY ANXIOUS TO GET TO BOSTON, OUR FIRST “MAJOR” CITY STOP ON THE TOUR. AFTER SETTING UP CAMP AN HOUR OUTSIDE THE CITY, WE PARKED ON THE OUTSKIRTS AND WALKED ACROSS THE CHANNEL WHERE THE BOSTON TEA PARTY PROTEST HAPPENED IN 1173, “NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!”
THIS IS GOING TO TURN INTO A HISTORY LESSON, ISN’T IT?…
Read MoreAFTER SPENDING A COUPLE NIGHTS IN A HOLDING PATTERN IN PARKING LOTS AT A CABELA’S IN MAINE AND THEN A WALMART IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, WE FINALLY PACKED UP THE CAR WITH DRINKS AND SNACKS FOR THE ROAD.
AN HOUR OR SO LATER, WE FOUND OURSELVES ALREADY IN PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE — A MERE 68 MILES LATER! WE DIDN’T EVEN GET A CHANCE TO EAT OUR FAVORITES: PEANUT BUTTER M&M’S. SAD, I KNOW.
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, THIS WAS WHEN NOEL HAD HER WORST MOMENT ON THE TOUR…
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