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Big Bend National Park: Outer Mountain Loop

Big Bend National Park: Outer Mountain Loop

I had about 3.5 days of my first quarter time off leftover after trips to Washington (working vacation) and Hawaii and I desperately wanted to do a backpacking trip in Big Bend. Some quick Googling led me to the Outer Mountain Loop. This trip can be anywhere from 25-45

Flying To Dallas With A Toddler

Flying To Dallas With A Toddler

I have been wanting to fly to Dallas for a while and 3 opportunities in a row have resulted in the weather not cooperating. Well, we finally had the weather we needed to make the trip. I generally prefer to fly the Flight School's Cessna 172, but after

Camping With A 1-Year-Old

Camping With A 1-Year-Old

The Wifey was working on a Sunday so I decided to spring into manly action and plan a camping trip for Saturday night with the kiddo. I really wanted two things out of the trip: 1) to take the little guy on his first camping trip and 2) to use

Friedrich Wilderness Park

Friedrich Wilderness Park

We had an uncharacteristically nice day this week after months of the Summer's oppressive heat and then a month of monsoon season. With a little bit of cabin fever from not having been able to go hiking for months, this was a perfect day to hit the trail.

Hiking With My Baby

Hiking With My Baby

I love hiking. The idea of getting to trek to a place tat few people have been or getting to see a vista that requires some work and planning are rewards that are hard to rival. Unfortunately, in Texas, there are only a few hikes in the local area that

Flying To The Coast

Flying To The Coast

The last opportunity we had to fly the family to the coast was back in November and the plane had a leaky fuel sump and kept us on the ground, so being able to finally make the trip in January was a treat. We originally had plans to be in

WOD On The Lake

WOD On The Lake

We recently moved CrossFit gyms to Crossfit Born Ready [https://www.crossfitbornready.com/] so that we could work out together and take the baby with us instead of working out separately. Lucky for us, they were doing a lake workout and BBQ the weekend after we started so we got

Pilots N' Paws

I recently had the oppurtunity to work with a pretty sweet charity organization: Pilots 'N Paws [https://www.pilotsnpaws.org/]. They are an organization that pairs pilots who want to fly with dogs who need transport to their forever home. In many cases, these dogs are within hours of

Texas Ski Ranch

Texas Ski Ranch

To say I love my job would be an understatement. The company gives each team a quarterly budget to do a team outing. This quarter our team went to the Texas Ski Ranch for wakeboarding and paintballing. I had driven by the Ranch multiple times on my way to the