Dying to Self

August 4, 2011

Our story is about a family of seven with five little kids setting off on a challenge to see and adventure in all 50 states, making family the adventure and relationship the journey. This is only our story, our message is much much more. The following two passages of scripture are our message: Malachi 4:5-6 […]

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West Virigina – Take Me Home Country Road

August 3, 2011

John Denver’s song, “Country Road”, always pops in my head whenever I think of West Virginia. As we crossed over the state line I broke out in song. The winding country roads I love, however, bring my lovely wife headaches (unless she is pregnant, so after today,we know for sure she is not currently). We […]

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Ohio – A Hocking Good Time

August 2, 2011

If you are not from Ohio you have probably never heard of Hocking Hills, Conkle’s Hollow, or Old Man’s Cave. They were new to me when we started doing research on destinations for this trip. Now that we are here I can say that pictures simply do not do it justice. It is so beautiful […]

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A Creation Birthday

August 1, 2011

Our Kendall turned eight years old today. For her day of honor she had a couple of requests that we tried to meet (keep to the family tradition of getting the number of chocolates to match your age, a hotel with a pool to get out of the heat, and a visit to the Creation […]

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Indiana – A Clifty Falls

July 31, 2011

Heading north and hoping for cooler weather, we entered Indiana. We crossed over the Ohio River again, our destination: Clifty Falls State Park. This park is full of waterfalls, hiking trails, tunnels, and caves. We learned, once there, that Indiana works very hard to keep its parks pristine. The trails are mostly overlooks so we […]

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Kentucky – A Mammoth Experience

July 30, 2011

This summer has been a hot and wet as we have been traveling across the country. We were delighted to be descending into Mammoth Cave National Park during the heat of the day. We were so focused on how refreshing it would be to be in the cave that we forgot to bring jackets for […]

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Tennessee – Land Between the Lakes

July 29, 2011

Crossing over the Tennessee state line felt a lot like coming home. Growing up in Georgia and spending a lot of my college days paddling on the lakes and rivers of Tennessee, it was great to be back. Our destination was an area called the Land Between the Lakes, and our campsite was right on […]

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Illinois – On Rappel

July 28, 2011

Imagine being on the edge of a 75ft cliff and as you look over the edge of it, your 2yr old comes up to you and says, “Me do that!” What would you say to him? The only really fun answer I could think of was, “Absolutely buddy, let’s do it!” As we dropped over […]

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Missouri … Loves Company

July 27, 2011

In college I was a Resident Assistant, and one year we were all assigned a different state for some reason I can’t remember. My friend Beth Lackey was Missouri, and as a joke we called her misery. Later in college, my friend Barbi and I took a summer trip and traveled across Missouri on our […]

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Suffering

July 26, 2011

As we planned this trip, we knew we would have and even prayed for suffering, for Romans 5 states “…we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope: And hope does not disappoint; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost […]

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