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drama at the kink
day 4 of our Road America IMSA trip By Sunday, I was sleeeepy and we were moving significantly slower than…
never laid down, never opened up, no stories
day 3 of our Road America IMSA Great Lakes Extravaganza weekend Off the Rail Early start with breakfast in Elkhart…
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a big weekend for pickled carrots
day 2 of our Road America IMSA/Wisconsin adventure weekend Manitowoc Coffee Admittedly, this one wasn’t on my list. Dali’s up…
lights out and away we go
day 1 of our Road America IMSA/Wisconsin-lovin’ weekend Despite our best plans, Thursday ended up being mostly a travel day…
i’m trying to tell you something ’bout my life
Knoxville, Newton, and being Googled by my own kid. I’m a little infamous for my unhinged music playlists. It’s less…
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i’ll be lookin’ for eight when they pull that gate
Day 13 – North Platte, NE to Rockford, IL So it turns out that when you take a kid to…
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the map was written on my hand and in my dna
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
Day 11 – Grand Junction, CO to Breckenridge, CO While we enjoyed our complimentary continental breakfast bright and early on…
you’re the most that I’ve attempted, couldn’t even put a dent in
Day 10 – Moab, UT to Grand Junction, CO We woke up on our last day in Moab and hit…
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leave the rocks in the road, stay away from the river, virginia
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’
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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it seems like years since it’s been clear
Day 8: Glenwood Springs, CO to Moab, UT We woke up bright and early to spend all morning in the…
til we’re no longer bothered by the smoke and the sound
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
Day 6: Laramie, WY and Cheyenne, WY We started day 6 with the Wings Over Warren air show featuring the…
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they stole my prairie when they strung all that wire
day 5: Ogallala, NE to Laramie, WY Anybody who has travelled I80 westbound knows that we have spent a lot…
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you can keep the mortgage and the diapers and the drano
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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run past the heather and down to the old road
day 3: Iowa Speedway to Lincoln, NE We started day 3 with a trip to the National Sprint Car Hall…
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watch the crowd, never focus on the faces only
day 2: Iowa Speedway to Knoxville Raceway No big mileage for day 2, just big lap counts. We spent the…
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so young and on a ten city run
Day 1: Rockford, IL to Newton, IA We’re on a road trip, I remember I have a blog, this is…
if I was a judge I’d break the law
Day 10: Denver, Colorado to Lincoln, Nebraska Our last adventure in Denver was tracking down the plaque commemorating the Denver…
everybody’s clapping on the one and the three
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
The start of day/end of day nature of what I’m doing here gets a little blurry when one day ends…
you’re rolling one for two and I’m still picking out my shoes
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
Day 6: Cheyenne, Wyoming to Fort Collins, Colorado First thing here, you’re gonna have to deal with this facial hair…
you know the kind where you take a turn and you don’t know why
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
Day 4: Deadwood, South Dakota to Casper, Wyoming Zoom Court while trying to keep the clawfoot tub out of the…
rhythm is gonna get you
Day 3: Sioux Falls, South Dakota to Deadwood, South Dakota Zoom Court appearance in Illinois, then changed into his suit…
love is real not fade away
Day 1: Rockford, IL to Mason City, Iowa The window from our living room into the bathroom at the Quality…
good things only come to those who hit the road when they know what they want
The wild thing about the suitcase-sized floppy leather Mom + Business purse is that twelve days without a kid or…
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