Epic FART 2017: Day 1
Epic FART 2017 began on Monday, June 12 at about 5 am-- and in case you're wondering, Epic FART stands for Epic First Annual Road Trip. We had to get clever for our hashtag, haha! Anyway, the kids and I along with my Life-Wife, Julie, hit the road for the first big...
Preparing for the Epic Roadtrip
This is the face of procrastination. We are supposed to be leaving in a week for our first annual Epic Roadtrip and I have not done anything to prepare. Well, except for circle a start date on the calendar and pick an ending location. I would make a horrible travel...
Palo Duro Canyon: Day 4
Sunday was our final day in Palo Duro Canyon. We started the day with horseback riding around the area that we hiked the first day. We were able to see Sad Monkey Mesa and the Catarina Cave system area from a different vantage point, so that was pretty cool. My...
Palo Duro Canyon: Day 3
Saturday morning we woke up and had a leisurely breakfast at camp. In hindsight, we should have had a quick meal and hit the trail early. The plan was to hike the Lighthouse Trail-- a nearly 6 mile round trip trail out to a famous rock formation (called a hoodoo) that...
Palo Duro Canyon: Day 2
On the second day of our trip, Dad, Valerie and their crew arrived at 7am. I had gotten up early and went for a run (I'm working on being able to run a 5K in November!!) and when I got back to camp, they were there. After getting the rest of camp set up, we decided to...
Palo Duro Canyon: Day 1
Our family set out for Palo Duro Canyon the Thursday before Memorial Day at about 5am. We were hoping to beat the holiday crowd to secure one of the campsites on Dad and Valerie's list of awesome campsites. They weren't able to get off work on Thursday, so they (plus...
That time we bought a travel trailer.
Holy crap, y'all. We bought a travel trailer. Talk about unexpected purchases, haha. This story starts with me researching for our upcoming trip to Washington state. When I realized how much money it was going to cost for the 5 of us to fly, rent a house, and...
Our trip to the Dallas Zoo
Trying to get a photo together... it's so much fun.
A cloudy morning
It was a super overcast morning so we took advantage of nature's softbox and snapped a couple photos of the kids. Well, the kids that were willing to participate. Atticus was too busy watching his Sunday morning cartoons, lol.
