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Cody
This weekend we went up to Cody to visit the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. They have tons of photos and artifacts from Bill’s time as a buffalo hunter and from his touring cowboy show that traveled all over the US and the world. Including stagecoaches from the show and a recreation of the…
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Yellowstone
This past weekend we visited Yellowstone. We were all about the wildlife this time and we got so lucky! There were tons of bison but also black bears, grizzlies, wolves, elk, mountain goats, osprey and the majestic yellow bellied marmot. Not pictured in these beautiful photos of Lamar Valley below are a pack of wolves…
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Hello, Wyoming!
We’ve made it all the way from Austin to Pinedale, WY! We arrived yesterday and did a nice hike today up at New Fork Lakes. On the way up we stopped over in Amarillo and visited the Cadillac Ranch. We also spent a week in Denver so I could hang with my niece. Three years…
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Goodbye, Austin!
We’re headed north this weekend but we’ve been making the most of our last days here in Texas. We stopped by Mattie’s at Green Pastures to check out the local peacocks. Stopped by Peter Pan Mini Golf when Chris’s cousin Joe and his girlfriend Minna came to visit. Saw the cactuses blooming in our neighborhood.…
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MotoGP and Texas History
This weekend was MotoGP race weekend at Circuit of the Americas. Chris’s brother came down from Michigan for the races but I got to see the practice rounds on Friday. It was very cool to tour around COTA and see some custom bikes at the handmade bike exhibit. While the boys were at the races,…
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Houston Rodeo
This weekend we went to the Houston Rodeo for championship night on Saturday! We got to see the finals for all the events: bronco riding, steer wrestling, tie-downs, barrel racing and bull riding. It was a blast! Tim McGraw was the musical act for the evening and it was cool to see him live but…
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A Visit from Jules!
This weekend our friend Jules visited from Chattanooga! She finally arrived by bus from Dallas after 24+ hours of crazy flight delays. Talk about grit and determination! Unfortunately, she was rewarded with lots of more stormy weather but we made the most of it. We visited a cool little interactive art museum called Mesmerize with…
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Remember the Alamo
This weekend Chris did another half marathon: Run the Alamo in San Antonio. It started off with cannon and musket fire which unfortunately was not captured on camera. Here is the returning hero though with the incredibly cool finisher medal, which included a commemorative coin inside of a covered wagon. He ran this race faster…
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Tucson
This weekend we headed over to Arizona to spend the weekend with my dad and Karen in Tucson. We did a couple of really nice hikes in Saguaro National Park. First in the Rincon section of the park, east of the city. Then to the top of Wasson Peak in the Tucson Mountain District, west…
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Austin Half Marathon
This weekend Chris ran in his first half marathon and in true Austin fashion it was quite the party! I only managed to get one shot of him in action but we did get some great pics of the raceway along South Congress up to the Texas State Capitol. The race went down Congress and…
Traveling Van with a Man 