What I’ve Learned (Or Relearned) About Investing Over The Past 3 Years!

Deanco Investment “Group” Update – October 2020 (Month 36) There is no investment group, it is just me and my money.  I’m just a normal guy who has a full-time job that is not in the field of investing (right now).  However, I do have a finance degree and co-founded a fintech investment performance reporting …

Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Our 8 Day Hiking Adventure

8 days of hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains!  We did 78 miles and 2 1/2 miles of elevation gain hiked over 8 days inside the Great Smoky Mountain National Park!  We saw most of the big waterfalls and a couple of mountain tops.  I couldn’t ask for a better way to spend our 25th …

Sunrise and Sunset While Hiking Clingmans Dome (in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park)

We’ve hiked the trail to Clingmans Dome (in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park) several times over the years.  It is a quick, steep hike.  We did it a few fairly spectacular times.  One time in 2014 for a sunrise which was one of the prettiest I’ve ever seen in my life.  This year after …

Hiking Mt. LeConte (Via Alum Cave Trail)

Mt. LeConte (Via Alum Cave Trail) @ Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee – 8/1/2020 – 13.98 miles, 2,937 feet elevation gain. We spent 8 days hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for our 25-year anniversary. We started off day one on the longest hike of our life. It is one of the …

Chattanooga, TN – Moving Into UTC and Seeing A Cool Town

Molly is in her 3rd year at UTC in Chattanooga, TN.  She started nursing school this semester.  We make this short drive from Nashville often and have fun every time we are there.  This little town in Tennessee is a favorite of mine (and one of my favorites in the nation).  There are fun activities …

Visiting Winter Park, Florida

Visiting Winter Park, Florida (in Orlando) and Moving Into UCF (University of Central Florida) We visited Winter Park, Florida (in Orlando) last year while moving Emmaline into college (at UCF – University of Central Florida).  It was off the regular tourist path which was exactly what we were looking for.  We did all our very …

Hiking Winding Stairs Trail (Red Oak, Milk Pail, Jacob’s Ladder, and Cascades) in Lafayette, TN

We drove up to Lafayette, TN (while up at Bledsoe Creek State Park) for what we thought would be a short, mile and a half long hike.  Our target was Winding Stairs Trail.  5+ miles, a couple of thousand feet of elevation, and almost 3 hours later we finished a very enjoyable hike!  There were …

Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)

We spent a fun-filled, jam-packed, day in Bryce Canyon National Park in the Summer of 2019.  This is my favorite National Park that I’ve visited so far. It is so beautiful! We drove down from Park City, Utah, and explored the park before heading on to Zion National Park.  I might have cut it a …

Zion National Park – Our Two Day Adventure

Zion Canyon, The Narrows, Riverside Walk, Weeping Rock, Emerald Pools, Big Bend, Pa’rus Trail, South Entrance, Cable Mountain Lodge, Zion Canyon Shuttle, Swimming, Hiking.  We saw all that but two days at Zion National Park wasn’t nearly enough to see everything! Phenomenal! If you have not been…GO! Zion National Park is currently duking it out …