I’ve been doing lots of hiking and weight training over the past few years. I haven’t been doing much biking. I want to change that this year. I watched Tour de France: Unchained and it made me realize I missed riding. I might even hit the road for some overnight bikepacking trips before the year …
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Cutting A Road Through The Woods – Part 1 (DeanoFarms: Week 70)
I need a road to connect my front pasture to my back pasture. This will take some time and lots of tree cutting, clearing, chipping, and leveling. Of course, everything will take longer than I want it to take (it always does). This is part one (of ?). #deanofarms
Sightseeing Fort Worth, TX
I had to work in Fort Worth, TX so I made Emily come with me (and also work…ha). All work and no play makes Deano a dull boy, however. We did some JFK-themed sightseeing at the JFK Memorial and the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (in Dallas). Of course, I enjoyed the conspiracy theory …
Christmas 2023 – Parade, Ice Skating, Minigolf, Cheekwood Lights
Small town Christmas parade brought Emily to tears. My first time ice skating in many, many years. Emmaline won minigolf…wat?!?! Zach is a real man wit dat extra hot chicken! Gran’s family tree. Max’s birthday. Cheekwood Christmas Lights. …and WAY too many presents!
Thanksgiving 2023 at Hogdaddy’s
Hogdaddy hosted the 1st Annual Frisbee Golf Invitational for Thanksgiving this year. It was a challenging course. At some point money started flowing so I quit filming and starting flingin’!
Cutting Vines Out Of Trees (DeanoFarms: Week 69)
Good Trees = Good!Vines Growing In Good Trees = Bad!I, Deano, will conquer the vines! #deanofarms
RV Travel Costs (Part 3) – How Much Does RV Travel Cost?
Nerding Out With A Spreadsheet Using 4 Years Of Our Travel. To find out how much RV travel costs I pull data from 28 trips as weekend warriors over 99 nights over 4 years and 10,000 miles of travel! In this video, I look at the cost of the 28 RV trips we took and …
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RV Travel Costs (Part 2) – Is RV Travel Worth It?
Is RV Travel Worth It? Has Our RV Been Worth The Costs After 4 Years, 10,000 Miles, and 28 Trips? This video is part 2 of 3 about our experience with the costs of RV Travel. Part 1 is here: https://youtu.be/Xr0faCFqIS0 The full write-up is on my blog here: https://deanorolls.com/2024/02/24/rv-travel-costs-part-1-rv-travel-versus-traditional-travel/ From video one we learned …
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RV Travel Costs (Part 1) – RV Travel Versus Traditional Travel
4 years ago, we wrestled with the decision of whether to buy an RV or not. I’m a nerd. I did a bunch of math to figure out if it would be worth it. We ultimately decided to buy the RV and hit the road. We took the plunge. We’ve traveled for 4 years and …
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Seven Islands State Birding Park (Kodak, TN)
The early bird gets the bird?!? We didn’t get to the birding park early enough to do any birding (but late breakfast was really good). Regardless, it was still a beautiful fall afternoon to explore around this state park. Emily didn’t like my regenerative agriculture ‘knowledge session’ but she did like Buc-ees (meh)!
