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Van Camping at Rood Creek Park
A couple of weeks ago we installed the overhead bins in Loki and officially met the criteria for calling the conversion complete-ish. This does not mean that there will be no changes going forward, quite the contrary. Since we took this trip to Rood Creek, we have already changed several things and will constantly continue…
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Weekend Drive to Pensacola and Gulf Shores
What started as a midday drive in Loki, our self converted camper van, to have lunch in a pretty spot about an hour away from the house turned into a 12+ hour drive down to the beach and back on a whim. We began our day by heading south to Eufaula, Alabama, planning to have…
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Meeting a Bikepacker Riding on I-10
To say our trip home from the Men’s Final Four Tournament of the basketball season of 2024-25 was an adventure would be a severe understatement. We left San Antonio early in the morning knowing that the 14 hour drive was ahead. The rest of the family left about an hour before we did, but we…
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Driving to San Antonio Riverwalk Trails
Another year, another Final Four. Well, not really. While Auburn University seems to always be one of the best basketball teams in the country every year, they never are quite good enough to close the deal. Of course, that is a subject for another time. This year, Auburn did make it to the Final Four…
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Any View is Good From the Van
We try to take short trips in LOKI, our 2000 Ford E250 XL van conversion in progress, just as we would long journeys. Although we’re still halfway to being ready for overnight trips in Loki, we’ve made good use of him for grocery runs and date nights. Groceries Loki is an extended van, which means…
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Van Trip to Downtown Opelika
We recently took a quick dinner trip down to Opelika to take some photos and have dinner. I have a companion post to these images on my website, but this is focused on the van.
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Trip to Dallas in the Van
Sometimes you have to take non-fun trips and it’s great to have a van. It was a super super early morning so I was able to get some really cool reflections shots through a window of Deborah and the van leaving for Dallas.
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Driving Loki Through Tuskegee National Forest
In the early 20th century, Macon County, Alabama, faced challenges with poor soil in its northern region, leading to failed attempts to assist African American families through programs like “The Big Hungry.” In 1934, a new initiative, the Tuskegee Land Utilization Project, was initiated to address land poverty. This New Deal project, under the Resettlement…
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Chewacla State Park Waterfalls in the Van
I had to look back at the last time I went to Chewacla State Park specifically to photograph the waterfall, and I was shocked that it was way back in 2011, more than 10 years ago. The images from that day are so different from the ones I just captured, and of course it was…
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Camping at Gulf Shores State Park
We got a big tent and we went camping down on Gulf Shores State Park. It was a short hike over the road to the beach, which was cold but very nice, we had a great time and I was able to get some great photos while we were there. Gulf Shores has always been…
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