At some point in 2018, I decided I would run my first ultramarathon the following year. On December 10, 2018, I signed up for the 2019 BMW Dallas Ultramarathon and I crossed the finish line […]
One thing that my running journey has taught me is that I tend to return to writing when I return from a running injury. And here I am now. After months of struggling to get […]
It’s now been about 6 weeks after my first marathon and I still can’t believe it happened. It feels both like it just happened yesterday and like it happened 6 months ago. It was everything […]
I haven’t spent much time driving further west than Albuquerque so when an opportunity presented itself to go on a road trip to Arizona, I jumped at the chance. A friend of mine who has […]
If you’re fortunate enough to live in the South or Southwest, you know that October and November can still be considered a part of swimming season. In mid-October and early November we had consecutive 85+/90+ degree […]
It’s time for the next edition of the hiking, camping & the great outdoors roundup. If you’ve come across an article you recommend, please share it with me! Happy reading. National Parks Sierra Club – […]
Colorado Bend State Park was as beautiful as we hoped it would be. We visited in late January (yes this post is super late) and recently spoke with friends who visited in May, and it […]
I wanted to like McGillivray Freeman’s “National Park Adventure.” I really did. The trailer looked mesmerizing and I was excited by the idea of having a closer look at some of the national parks I […]
Prior to beginning our grand Texas state parks travel adventures, I had no idea that Texas was home to four national forests. A lot of our road trips took us west rather than east, which […]
As early as junior high, maybe high school, I recall people talking about Enchanted Rock and wanting to take road trips to visit this giant rock. Even though it’s a well-known place to many in the […]
