I’ve been going to Teppanyaki (Kanki, Benihana, etc.) for my birthday for most of my life. It’s a bit silly but I like the food, the show is fun, and it always feels like a celebration. It’s always a good time. So when Stacey gifted me Kanki’s Master Chef course, I was through the roof. The course is 90 minutes […]
We’ve spent about 10 days, slowly traveling from Texas, back to NC, where we finally had our chance to explore the states of the ‘deep south’. This is the end of our cross-country trip, but certainly not the end of our travels. As a ‘homeful’ couple (as Stacey likes to say), the travels never end. NC is our ‘home’ because […]
The Snack Box, Stacey, and I are back in the RV! We love our little camper trailer and were very excited to get back to our life on the road, where we’ll spend most of May. Johnson’s Itty Bitty Farm Our first stop took us to Johnson’s Itty Bitty Farm in Boone, CO, where we met some of the most […]
It’s Coulier Season, baby! For those asking yourself, “What is he talking about this time?” I’ll explain: Wikipedia says, “A couloir may be a seam, scar, fissure, or vertical crevasse in an otherwise solid mountain mass.” Skiing these features can be super dangerous due to avalanche danger… But in April, the snow pack begins to become safer — hence, Coulier Season. In […]
We love the backcountry and Utah has some of the best backcountry around. Why Utah? The snow stays fresh longer, the approaches (flat hike sections) are shorter, and there are huge expanses of (relatively) avalanche safe, skiable terrain. Plus, the weather is great and it’s on the western edge of the MT time zone (giving us an extra hour of […]
Park City was so nice, we’re doing it twice! Back from Vegas and in maybe our best house sit yet. Casa y Gatos The house we’re sitting is dope – 4 bed, 6 bath, and 4,500 sq.ft. Other than the obvious amenities of a gorgeous mountain chalet (like a nice kitchen, large master bed/bath, and a hot tub), there is […]
We made it to Park City for our first pet sit on Thurs., Jan. 11th. It was a 7 hour drive and some of it was through a pretty nasty winter storm. Stacey drove for about 6 of those hours before switching off with me for the final stretch (she must have been a truck driver in her past life). […]
We’re not in Kansas anymore. But we were for a while. Kansas is among the less exciting sections of the US and we’ve crossed it quite a few times on our way to CO or back to NC. Nevertheless, we always find new things to explore. On our way through Kansas, we stopped off at the Brown v. Board of […]
The day has finally come: Our time to explore Dayton, Ohio. We had been through Dayton once before, but we didn’t have the chance to spend very much time (we only had time to stop off at a root beer stand). This time we planned a full Dayton agenda. First stop was for lunch: A little Thai restaurant called White […]
I think we found a champion of the tiny ski resorts. I thought that Jack Frost was small. This one takes the cake for sure. Despite the name, Boston Mills is no where near Massachusetts – it’s in Ohio. We made it just in time for opening day — and it was packed (and barely raining at all)! We brought […]