We recently had the pleasure of camping out near Boonville, Missouri at our friend Shanon’s dad’s family farm (180 acres in Prairie Home, MO). He doesn’t actually live on the farm, but their family goes out every year during the Prairie Home Fair and hunting season, and this year we were invited along. Brian left for the farm before I did [...]
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It’s been a long time since I’ve published a cooking post! I really have been cooking a lot of new meals, but I just haven’t been taking the time to photograph the evidence. I made this meal over the 4th of July, and it was the perfect meal to celebrate the holiday, and a great [...]
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My father-in-law Ed recently got a good deal on a used amplifier. The amplifier in question, the Shenandoah Stereo 60, retails for a hefty sum. Ed purchased his amplifier for under one third the price of a new one. The main reason Ed got such a good deal is that the exterior of his used [...]
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For Part IV go here. Thursday was our last full day in Colorado. As usual, I couldn’t believe how fast it had come. We started our day with French toast (Southerners might know it as Freedom toast)- it was tasty. Next, while Courtney was packing for our hike, I began to slowly start organizing stuff [...]
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For Part III go here. Wednesday was Pikes Peak day! After making breakfast burritos we started on our way. Originally we were going to take the Pikes Peak Cog Railway, but Courtney and I remembered we that typically don’t like small talk with strangers. Couple that with our yearning for adventure and you have… dunnnhh [...]
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For Part II go here. Tuesday was going to be a great day for two reasons: We made big piles of pancakes for breakfast. We were finally going on a hike with Monkey! The trail in question is the Waldo Canyon Trail. It has an elevation gain of 1300 ft and a length of 7 [...]
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For Part I go here. On Monday morning (our second day) Courtney and I woke up bright eyed, bushy tailed, and ready for adventure! I started making breakfast burritos while Courtney finalized our plans for the day. Once our bellies were full we took off for Manitou Springs, a touristy little town not far from [...]
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Hey everyone, this year we finally made it to Colorado for vacation! This is something Courtney and I had talked about for a few years now. Once we got the pop-up camper it was a done deal, our next major vacation had to be a trip to the Colorado mountains. After settling on the Colorado [...]
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Last weekend we went to Emporia to visit Brian’s mom and see the Strong City Rodeo. I don’t really remember going to any rodeos as a kid, so this was a fun, new experience. Brian and his family went several times as a kid, but hadn’t been in many, many years. We went on the [...]
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We have now been to three different NASCAR race tracks with Texas Motor Speedway being the most recent. This track reminds us a lot of Kansas Speedway- a 1.5 mile “quad” oval- but Texas has steeper banking in the turns allowing the drivers to push their cars to much higher speeds, which makes for a more [...]
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