Stories from the road — the trips, the detours, and the places that remind me home doesn’t mean I stop exploring.
Real Life. Better Choices.
Looking back, 2025 was a pretty full year. There were big life changes, trips, bowling, attempts to get back into running, plenty happening around the homestead, and more little moments than I could possibly give their own blog posts. Some of the bigger stories already have their own posts or videos, but I wanted to…
Bowling nationals has taken me to some interesting places over the years. My first was in Baton Rouge in 2017 (which included stops in Memphis and New Orleans), followed by Wichita for the 100th anniversary, then Reno and Chicago. Las Vegas was one I’d been wanting to see for a while, so this year, I…
As I look back through my photos from 2024, I keep thinking the same thing I did when I looked back at 2023: this was a full year. Some of it made it into videos. A lot of it didn’t. And while I had every intention of keeping up with the blog, the farm, work,…
It’s the first week of 2024, and as I look back through my photos, I keep thinking the same thing: this was a full year. Back in July, I wrote about how the YouTube channel and the farm were going. Honestly, keeping the channel going takes more time than I expected — filming, editing, and…
We’re halfway through 2023, and if you’ve been following along on the GFY Farms YouTube channel more than here on the blog lately, that’s not by accident. Most of what’s happening with me is on the farm, so it’s showing up there first. But I wanted to take a minute to catch the blog up…
Between garden projects, fishing trips, weekends with friends, and even a girls’ weekend in Branson, there has been a lot happening. I have been spending more time at Chris’s place, learning my way around country life, but I am also still making room for the things I have always enjoyed — friends, bowling, traveling, and…
For a long time, when I thought about adventures, I pictured big trips — long drives, new places, a lot of miles. But lately, adventures have started looking a little different. Sometimes they are just a Jeep ride away. Sometimes they are a quick weekend trip with no real plan other than exploring somewhere new….
It’s been a couple of months since I left the RV in Chattanooga. While it waited on parts and repairs, life kept moving. We celebrated Christmas, squeezed in a few Chiefs games, and rocked out at a Jackyl concert. But eventually, the call finally came… the RV was ready. It was time to head back…
Key West had already become a special place for me. Last year’s Thanksgiving trip left me looking forward to going back, but this time the road there was a little different. Sometimes the best trips are the ones that don’t go exactly according to plan. The plan was simple: Travel south in the RV.Spend Thanksgiving…
After spending Thanksgiving in Key West last year, I couldn’t wait to head back again. There was something special about returning to a place where I had already made memories — another Thanksgiving with family, another road trip, another chance to enjoy the journey as much as the destination. This year, I planned to make…
July was a reminder that not every adventure involves hundreds of miles of driving. Sometimes adventure looks like baseball games with friends, kayaking close to home, helping people chase big goals, and enjoying the ordinary days in between. But there was one thing still waiting for me. My RV was still sitting in Wyoming. After…
Heading home didn’t mean the adventure was winding down. If anything, the trip was just changing. We still had no idea how much. The tournament was over, but we weren’t ready to point the RV straight toward home. We still had places we wanted to see, wineries to explore, museums to wander through, and plenty…