#North2Future Day 4 and 5: Sensing a Theme in the Rockies
A slightly delayed post about day four and into day five, thanks to no reception. Down, out of Rocky Mountain National Park, we meandered. Into plains, followed by hills, followed by painted rocks, sage brush, more painted rocks. Rocks. A theme in this part of the country. It sounds silly to say out loud, I guess, […]
#North2Future Day 3: Beauty That Makes You Cry
Ever seen something so beautiful that you just couldn’t handle it? That was Rocky Mountain National Park to me. Indescribable, jaw-dropping majesty that made me cry. Throughout our three days of this trip I’ve yet to see something I consider ugly. Even Kansas in its vast expanse of nothing but flat, green fields was gorgeous. […]
Well That Smells Legendary
There’s nothing about the Army — being in it or leaving it — that smells great. Absolutely nothing. And that usually includes the soldier. Except. First I want to tell you a little bit about Luke. If you read our “about” page, you know he’s an Airborne Army Ranger and overall badass. He also did all […]
When You Drive With Your Dog in a Seat Half Her Size
Chloe is a 45 lbs. terrier mix. That, at least, is what her vet papers said when we brought her home from the Fort Campbell shelter in 2011. She was rather hairy, looked like the dog from Annie (“Sandy”) and immediately got a haircut. Since then she become more and more a part of our […]
#North2Future Day 2: A Soft Place to Land
Truth from the road: Kansas is big and if you want to drive across it, it will take a looooong time. That’s how we spent the vast majority of more than 10 hours on the road yesterday: in Kansas. We saw rolling hills, plains, more plains, more plains and then, finally, the beauty of Colorado […]
#North2Future Day 1: Foiled By Park Stamps
It started out like any other normal day. I woke-up, I looked at the clock, I brushed my teeth, went to the bathroom, ate some breakfast and drank some coffee. And from there the normal day ended. Because after those things, we loaded up our station wagon with all of the things we own that […]
Trip Hashtag: #North2Future, Here’s Why
Military people know that it’s very important, above all else, to have a great operation name for whatever it is that you’re doing. It’s one of the unspoken guiding Defense Department rules. Great operation names make for epic operations. I’m also pretty sure that the more lame whatever it is they are doing, the better […]
Here’s Our Route to Alaska
Fact one: Anchorage, Alaska is a really, really long way from Clarksville, Tennessee where we are coming from. Fact two: Getting there takes longer than you’d think. To give you some perspective, for the purposes of our drive, which swings slightly through a few places we’d like to see rather than taking the entirely direct […]
When You’re Asked to Be On Your Favorite Podcast
“If I ever get to be on the She Percolates podcast, I’ll be happy. It’s one of my life goals.” — Actual words spoken by me to a friend. And then, a few weeks later, they asked me to be on She Percolates. “!!!!!!OMG!!!!!!” — Actual words spoken by me to that same friend. You might […]