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photo of Zach standing on the running boards of his new Jeep

i’ll be lookin’ for eight when they pull that gate

August 8, 2022

Day 13 – North Platte, NE to Rockford, IL So it turns out that when you take a kid to…

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Zach, Ada and Beth in front of a mountain

the map was written on my hand and in my dna

August 7, 2022

Day 12 – Breckenridge, CO to North Platte, NE We woke up in Breckenridge on Tuesday morning, just another couple…

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i got heartaches in my pocket

August 7, 2022

Day 11 – Grand Junction, CO to Breckenridge, CO While we enjoyed our complimentary continental breakfast bright and early on…

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photo of Hyundai Santa Fe on a tow truck

you’re the most that I’ve attempted, couldn’t even put a dent in

August 6, 2022

Day 10 – Moab, UT to Grand Junction, CO We woke up on our last day in Moab and hit…

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photo of Ada at Arches National Park

leave the rocks in the road, stay away from the river, virginia

August 5, 2022

Day 9, part 2: Moab, Utah As expected, our trip into Arches National Park by car started with a wait.…

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where we lean into the gold-blue sky of mornin’

August 2, 2022

Day 9, part 1: Moab, UT This is literally the view from our hotel room. And here’s the hotel pool…

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photo of Ada floating in pool in Glenwood Springs

it seems like years since it’s been clear

August 1, 2022

Day 8: Glenwood Springs, CO to Moab, UT We woke up bright and early to spend all morning in the…

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til we’re no longer bothered by the smoke and the sound

July 31, 2022

Day 7: Laramie, WY to Glenwood Springs, CO These are peanut butter & jelly wings from Born in a Barn…

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all dressed up like gunsmoke for saturday night

July 30, 2022

Day 6: Laramie, WY and Cheyenne, WY We started day 6 with the Wings Over Warren air show featuring the…

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photo of Zach and Ada standing in front of the "tree in a rock" roadside attraction

they stole my prairie when they strung all that wire

July 29, 2022

day 5: Ogallala, NE to Laramie, WY Anybody who has travelled I80 westbound knows that we have spent a lot…

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Ada standing in front of a mural of wings

you can keep the mortgage and the diapers and the drano

July 28, 2022

day 4: Lincoln, NE to Ogallala, NE Ada’s been on a real state capitals kick since her state capitals unit…

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photo of Ada standing in front of Hy-Vee IndyCar

run past the heather and down to the old road

July 27, 2022

day 3: Iowa Speedway to Lincoln, NE We started day 3 with a trip to the National Sprint Car Hall…

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photo of Ada standing where the "i" would be in front of a sign that says Knoxville

watch the crowd, never focus on the faces only

July 26, 2022

day 2: Iowa Speedway to Knoxville Raceway No big mileage for day 2, just big lap counts. We spent the…

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collage of photos of Beth, Zach, and Ada in front of the Iowa 80 truck stop

so young and on a ten city run

July 23, 2022

Day 1: Rockford, IL to Newton, IA We’re on a road trip, I remember I have a blog, this is…

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if I was a judge I’d break the law

August 2, 2021

Day 10: Denver, Colorado to Lincoln, Nebraska Our last adventure in Denver was tracking down the plaque commemorating the Denver…

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everybody’s clapping on the one and the three

August 1, 2021

Day 9: Golden, Colorado and Morrison, Colorado Why do I always get the glass shaped like this no matter what…

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gotta spend your whole life trying

July 31, 2021

The start of day/end of day nature of what I’m doing here gets a little blurry when one day ends…

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you’re rolling one for two and I’m still picking out my shoes

July 30, 2021

Day 7: Fort Collins, Colorado to Denver, Colorado Wake up, smother it in green chili, repeat. That’s a real good…

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he’s always giving some tramp a ride

July 29, 2021

Day 6: Cheyenne, Wyoming to Fort Collins, Colorado First thing here, you’re gonna have to deal with this facial hair…

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you know the kind where you take a turn and you don’t know why

July 28, 2021

Day 5: Casper, Wyoming to Cheyenne, Wyoming Life-changing breakfast at Sherrie’s. May move to Casper to be close to Sherrie.…

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I knew this town a younger man

July 27, 2021

Day 4: Deadwood, South Dakota to Casper, Wyoming Zoom Court while trying to keep the clawfoot tub out of the…

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rhythm is gonna get you

July 26, 2021

Day 3: Sioux Falls, South Dakota to Deadwood, South Dakota Zoom Court appearance in Illinois, then changed into his suit…

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love is real not fade away

July 25, 2021

Day 1: Rockford, IL to Mason City, Iowa The window from our living room into the bathroom at the Quality…

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good things only come to those who hit the road when they know what they want

July 24, 2021

The wild thing about the suitcase-sized floppy leather Mom + Business purse is that twelve days without a kid or…

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