We visited Park City, Utah for a few days (last Summer). We checked a lot of boxes from our cabin in the mountains. We did tourist activities at the Utah Olympic Park (where we saw cool athletes fly through the air). We visited Park City Mountain (where we did the alpine slide, zip line, and …
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RV Trip #1 – Port Royal State Park
We took our very first RV trip once the COVID quarantine lifted back in mid May. We went to go see Port Royal State Park in Clarksville, TN. We hiked around and explored it fully. While we were in town, we also hit a few other places on our list (including Liberty Park). We hiked …
Keep On Truckin’!
Every six months I do a personal finance update. I update a complex spreadsheet that has a bunch of historical charts. I’ve kept track of a ton of financial statistics/ratios since we began married life back in 1995. Every six months I sit down, update it, digest it, and chart my course corrections (if any …
Our First RV Trip!
We are fast approaching an empty nest. We bought a Heartland Mallard (M210RB) RV travel trailer and a Dodge Ram 1500 Bighorn to hit the open road. We think our ultimate goal is to visit all the National Parks. We are starting smaller (and closer to home) and going to visit all the Tennessee State …
John Deere 1938 Model A Antique Tractor Restoration
I restored my John Deere 1938 Model A antique tractor (on steel wheels) that my grandfather gave me when I was back in high school. It took me working on it off and on for over 20 years. I finally realized I was in way over my head and enlisted the professionals. Regardless, an antique …
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Listen To People Smarter Than Yourself!
“You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.” – Charlie Tremendous Jones These days it is as easy as ever to access smart people. I figure if I seek them out maybe (or is it hopefully) they’ll rub off …
We Went Survival Camping!
Was Max’s Red Rider BB Gun able to keep us alive? One of my favorite television shows is Alone. It pits man against nature one on one. The Dean Men decided that we would test our abilities and go out into the wild to test our mettle! We prep our gear, shoot guns, ride bikes, …
Deano’s Musical Masterworks – The Beatles
NOTE: I originally wrote this for my kids back in 2015. Ask anyone who the greatest songwriter of all time is and I guarantee that John Lennon and Paul McCartney wind up in the discussion. Most important musical act of all time? Same thing I guarantee The Beatles are in that discussion. When I look …
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Spring Break 2020 In Vero Beach (Coronavirus Edition)
We’ve spent many Spring Breaks in Vero Beach over 14 years. See what makes this our #4 Florida city (out of the 14 we’ve spent time in)! Video is rated PG-13 (at least)?!?! We braved the Coronavirus this year and went to Vero Beach, Florida for our Spring Break. We’ve spent Spring Break (and other …
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We Bought Our First RV!
After doing a good deal of research on my own I decided to get more help. Back in January I put out a call for help from friends and family to learn as much as I could about the RV lifestyle. https://deanorolls.com/2020/01/26/why-i-think-the-rv-life-is-for-me/ I had some great responses that were super helpful. I took what I …
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