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Just a quick update. Kentucky Lake didn’t work out because of COVID. We ended up going to Hot Springs, AR that week. It was great, we explored the town and swam. We were also able to hit a Jeep Badge of Honor trail. We made it through the trail (just me and the boys asContinue reading “Been absent for a bit…”

My kids normally go to Ohio every year to visit my family for a week in the summer. Because of current circumstances that is not going to happen this summer. Instead, we are going to meet my parents at Land Between the Lakes in Kentucky. This is a national recreation area that was created inContinue reading “Prepping for a Trip”

Yesterday I had to make a decision. I was ready to buy a front bumper for the Jeep (we will start calling it Jinx and see if it sticks, but more on that later), and I was haunted by what I think was a regret purchase in the rear bumper. As I have done moreContinue reading “Learning new things!”

Our first big overland trip as a family came during the 2020 Spring Break in early March. The trip had been planned out for months, and went off without a hitch, except to say that it could have been longer. Little did we know that after being off-grid for three days, we would come backContinue reading “We Came Back to a Different World!”

It was many months ago that I started seeing the YouTube videos of Overlanding adventures from the likes of @TrailRecon and @CoyoteWorks (two of my favorites). Overlanding called to me. It took my love of camping, that I experience with my boys in the Scouts BSA program, and my love of Jeep life and putContinue reading “The 1st BIG test.”

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Thanks for joining me, let’s build something great together! “When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.” -A.A. Milnie