50-State Challenge

New York – A Birthday Wish

August 9, 2011

What do you do when your child asks you for something that is impossible to give? Our kids are still at the age where they believe the impossible and that nothing is beyond reach of their daddy. I love their hearts and do all I can to not place boundaries on their possibilities, teaching instead […]

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Pennsylvania (Part 2) – Making Friends & Memories

August 8, 2011

Driving north we made our way to Pittsburgh, where we were invited to spend a couple of days with some new friends, the O’Keefe Family. Brian O’Keefe listened to an interview I did with the Free Agent Academy. After the interview Brian offered to help me set up our website. Then when he heard we […]

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Pennsylvania (Part 1) – Fallingwater

August 7, 2011

The Ohiopyle State Park was our first exposure to Pennsylvania. As we pulled into the park, we were greeted with the beautiful Youghiogheny River as it fell over a 20ft waterfall, which was flowing at a perfect level to kayak. The whole family got out of the car and just watched the waterfall. The kids […]

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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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