Our First Winter Adventure

My boys and I have planned to do some winter car camping.  We couldn’t pick a better day, the forecast was high 30s daytime and 20s overnight this weekend — far better than the previous weekends were the temps dipped down to -15. We set out to meet with two other folks up by the…

A Loss in the Family, E46 BMW M3

I saw several missed calls and a text message from my wife, “Call me right away”. I picked up the phone half expecting what I am about to hear. She got into an accident, an older woman turned left on her while she was crossing the intersection. She was able to punch the throttle so…

Back to a Yota

Growing up, I was surrounded by Jeep clones we call Jeepneys. The funny thing is our Jeeps have been powered by assorted of Toyota engines (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_R_engine). Funny because I’ve learnt over the years about the rivalry between 4x4s, with Jeeps and Toyotas (or Toyotas vs the rest of them) so you can say our Jeepneys…

Minong Days

The weather is getting chillier by the day, and there will be snow on the ground by the time we realize it.  So we headed over to my company cabin in Minong, WI over the weekend to enjoy the last bits of summer.  As always, we were joined by the Bietz Family which have always…

Back to the Islands

I’m guessing it has been five years since we last made our trip to the Philippines as a family.  We thought it’s best time at my kids age to see the place where my wife and I grew up in.   And lastly, we want to spend time with our family which is reall what…

Upper Peninsula Michigan Here We Come!

I’m still working on the videos from our previous South Dakota trip and here we are now and preparing for our next adventure.  We will be driving to the Upper Peninsula Michigan aka the UP.  The UP can characterized by this image We are hoping to trek the shoreline of Lake Superior and go thru…

Dirt Roads, Mud, Rock, Firepit and Burnt Marshmallows

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