Category: Adventures
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Ray’s First Time Kayaking
For a while now I’ve wanted to get Brayden onto the water to Kayak and learn to fish. He has a love for fishing and gets excited at the simplest of bites, but also enjoys just being there even if nothing is taking his bait. I thought that a good way to get him out…
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PandemiCamping
The year 2020 was supposed to have flying cars, those “replicators” from Star Trek that instantly materialized a breakfast burrito, and Internet that doesn’t lag. Instead, kids are eating Tide-Pods, Joe Exotic came back, and The United States put everyone on house-arrest, unless you’re “essential” like Healthcare, Public Safety, or Grocery. We also learned that…
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Boone
Boone, North Carolina, is a beautiful town along the Blue Ridge Mountains where my family enjoys visiting. We often times will visit Tweetsie Railroad, Dan’l Boone Inn (GREAT food), Mast General Store, and as of 2019 we pick our Christmas Tree here. But, this is less a story of Boone, NC and more a story…
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Appalachian Trail: Walnut Mountain Road to 19E
This is a story of three guys. Three guys that previously trekked the warm Carver’s Gap to 19E together one September day. Well, it was supposed to be over two days, but it was done in one. It was done in one because one guy had a messed up knee, he and another guy (me)…
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Appalachian Trail: Carver’s Gap to 19E
A few months ago, a friend of mine brought up the topic of Hiking. He and an acquaintance of mine would hike a couple times a year, and the photos always looked amazing. We thought it would be fun to go on a hike together, so a date was picked and I had little belief…
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CampWithDad goes Geocaching
Geocaching. It’s like a higher-tech version of Hide and Seek. It gets you outdoors; it gets you mobile; and for kids they still get to play with their technology while doing something you could ACTUALLY do with a compass and map! So, when I approached Ray about going Geocaching he was thrilled. We set out…
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BIKEWAGN does Disney
Vacation. It finally arrived. Most years we spend a week at the Outer Banks, but this year, we spent a few days in Orlando, Florida at Walt Disney World. It was a surprise for the kids, and a surprise to us that we were actually able to keep the surprise! My in-laws rented a 15…
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Visiting the Aurora Fossil Museum
One of Ray’s favorite hobbies (besides camping and fishing) is finding and collecting Shark Teeth. One of his greatest in his collection is a large Megladon tooth. So when my wife remembered she took a field trip in school to Aurora, North Carolina to visit the Aurora Fossil Museum, she knew that Ray needed to…
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A Hike a Day keeps the “devices” away
June 1st is the start of the Scout year, and with my recent promotion to Cubmaster and my sons promotion to the Wolf Den, we had some new items we could work on towards his badge. After finishing up with his sister’s driveway-camping expedition, Ray wanted some Dad-time. We settled on taking a hike together…
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Daddy Daughter Driveway Camp-Out
After my son had his opportunity to sleep in our roof top tent, my daughter who is turning 9 soon was anxious to get her turn. Between trips to the beach, horse shows, and unexpected 98 degree weather, it seemed as though she had lost out on her chance to catch some elevated camping time…
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