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Perspective: Grateful
A few years ago, God had me go through a season of speaking out my gratefulness for anything and everything I was grateful for, on a daily basis. It was very therapeutic and something I strive to keep at the front of my mind. Aside from gratefulness, stating the thoughts out loud on purpose also…
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Enjoying the Journey. Literally.
Google Maps indicated that it would take about 10.5 hours to drive from where we stayed in TN to Melbourne, FL. Since we have time now, we took four days to make the drive. Yes. Four days to make a one day drive. I love this life. Taking what we learning from boondocking on the…
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Brights Zoo
Just down the road from where we were staying in Chuckey, TN, is Brights Zoo. It’s a sweet little zoo, and the reason we went was because they had a rare patternless giraffe birth there that we wanted to see the new baby giraffe, Kipekee. Going in, we were very shocked at how large the…
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Pumpkin Festival
What better way to celebrate a fall birthday than to enjoy a pumpkin festival! For Greg’s birthday this year, we decided to enjoy the day at Dollywood where they had a huge pumpkin festival happening – Great Pumpkin Luminights. We enjoyed hot apple cider, funnel cakes, bluegrass music, and all the intricate pumpkin displays. We…
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Visiting the Littles
The plan was to go stay in Iowa by the kids for a few weeks, but since everything was pushed further back than anticipated, so did that stay. When I inquired with the campground we wanted to stay with up there, they close for non-full-timers October 15th. So, I made the decision to go up…
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Country Pickin’
I am so glad we found a local place to listen to Bluegrass music! On Saturday nights, locals and pickers alike converge on the Rheatown Store for dinner and music. One of the full-timers, Sam, where we were staying had found this place since he played the banjo. We had no idea what to expect,…
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Tennessee Eats
I love food. Seriously. From eating around the world, literally and Epcot, we love to find local places to experience the local eats. While in TN, we have found so much peace with eating at home since we didn’t do that as much the last year of being in Tulsa (too busy). However, we did…
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Off the Beaten Path
Something we both looked forward to in coming to this area, was hiking. I downloaded the All Trails app and found some in this area to try out. Neither of us are new to hiking, but we haven’t been able to do much hiking while in Tulsa. The first time, it was just Tigger and…
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Resilience in Motion
All that research in resilience for the dissertation has been put into play. We knew this season wouldn’t be all puppies and rainbows, but we also knew it would be worth it since we were answering God’s call. In the transit from Tulsa to Chuckey, TN, our fridge decided to slowly stop working. We purchased…
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Boondocking
Boondocking – the art of camping without full hookups (water/electric/sewer). Basically, the rig is a very comfortable tent (unless it’s hot out…). First lesson, drive times. We stayed 3 stayed at a KOA in Tulsa to learn about the rig and make sure everything works the way it is supposed to. We probably should have…
Chasing Adventure
Finding adventure in everyday life
Chasing Adventure 