Microadventure
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🥔 Potato Week

Monday January 8th, 2024. First day back at work after the solo camping weekend while my wife Lauri is still out of town visiting family. Before starting my job at 10am I run to a quick dentist appointment to fix a filling that had come loose. Luckily it came lose and was noticed by the… Continue reading
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🏕️ Car in a Ditch & I Don’t Want to Kayak With Alligators – Weekend Solo Camping pt. 2

Sunday January 7th at about 4:30 am. I left Caddo Lake State Park (loudly) with the goal of driving south towards the state parks near Houston when I came across a car that was teetering over a ledge into a ditch. A person was standing outside of the car and no one appeared to be… Continue reading
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🏕️ Car in a Ditch & I Don’t Want to Kayak With Aligators – Weekend Solo Camping pt. 1

December 6th, 2024. My wife Lauri is in Lincoln, Nebraska and so I am headed on a road trip. During this trip I visited seven state parks, one national park, met a guy with a car stuck in a ditch, found a UV active millipede, learned about camp Dutch ovens (invented by Paul Revere) and… Continue reading
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📄 Origami Postcard, But Not What You Think

Jan 2 & 3 were lost due to cedar allergies. All of my energy went into showing up for work. Jan 4th, on the other hand, starts with planning for the weekend as I will be alone and road tripping. The goal is to visit the six Texas state parks in the Northeast corner of… Continue reading
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🧻 New Year, New Journals and a Roll of Toilet Paper

Monday January 1st, 2024. My pal Tony has recently sent me the most hilarious postcard. A postcard of an unknown family’s Christmas cheer. I am a competitive man and so I need to turn up my postcard game and this is the result. Diameter measured to compare before and after the post office’s handling of… Continue reading
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🐄 Commons Ford Ranch – Hike Through A County Park

Sunday December 31st. Lauri planned a surprise hike for this day. I am excited to see that we are going to a Travis county park. I recently discovered that there are several county parks in Texas, some of which offer campsites similar to the way they are handled by Texas state parks. We packed a… Continue reading
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🌲Portland pt. 3 A Day of Shopping

Saturday December 16th Another morning waking up in our hotel in downtown Portland and another quick hotel breakfast. Each day we do a bit better with the food as we learn what the best aspects on offer are. First things first, there is a Saturday market just down the road. Let’s check it out! Sick… Continue reading
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🌲Portland pt. 2 1800s Cooking & Woodworking!

December 15, 2023. Day two of our visit to Portland, Oregon. While prepping for the day I wrote a postcard to my buddy Tony. Lauri added some stickers to her tablet case as well. I believe that beetle is the new addition. Possibly the whale as well. Today is the day we go out a… Continue reading
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🏹 Pedernales Fossils & a Bunch of Postcards

Austin, Texas Tuesday December 12 9:35 am 48° F (9° C). This is the refrigerator of my pal Dan who lives across the parking lot from me. That South Padre Island card is one that I recently sent to him and I see that he placed it near a postcard that I sent him years… Continue reading
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🦚 A Weekend of Parks pt. 3 No Alligators Please

Food. It was necessary. The first park after the rest on the wooden bunk beds on Sunday October 15 was Lake Casa Blanca International State Park. “International State.” Not sure if those words go together like that. Here is La Casa Blanca! I did not once think about if someone could steal the bell. Much.… Continue reading
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April Fools! 1960s Style

Saturday October 7th 8:53 am 62° F (17°C) Austin, Texas First day at home alone for the next four weeks and I have officially begun the Rubik’s jigsaw puzzle. I haven’t fully decoded the pattern yet, but I have completed about 10% of the puzzle so far. I’m still in the process of sorting the… Continue reading
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Draw Outside of The Lines

Good morning from Austin Texas at 8:44 am on Thursday September 7th. It is currently 79° F (26° C) and sunny ☀️. Yesterday I tried out some new markers that my partner bought for me on a page in Wreck This Journal where the goal is to color outside of the lines. You may have… Continue reading
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ANTS! & Doodles ✍️

Good morning from Austin, Texas on Wednesday Sept. 6. It is 8:39 am and currently ⛅ 80° F (26.6 ° C). Late last night I doodled in my Wreck This Journal to complete the Color Outside Of The Lines page. Glad to have another page completed. There are several pages that I have partially completed… Continue reading
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🪂 My First Skydive & Time Spent In Utah

Hello from Austin, Texas on Tuesday August 22nd at 2pm. Weather is currently cloudy ☁️ and 98° F (36.7 ° C) I went skydiving! Easily one of the greatest experiences in my life, though it was not what I expected. I was going for the rush of adrenaline like a rollercoaster, but it is not… Continue reading
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Rorsach

Hello my friend. It is currently 2pm here in Austin Texas. Sunny ☀️ & 100° F (37.8 °C). My dental appointment this morning ran a bit long. The next pieces of my implants did not seem to fit at first. Luckily the amazing team at my dental office got it all straightened out and at… Continue reading
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