Look, I love Zach. But if he ever shows up with a dozen roses and a candlelit dinner, I’m checking him for a head injury—that’s not our cup of tea – we have more non-romantic date ideas. We’re not romantic people. We don’t do grand gestures. We don’t want someone singing to us in public. …
The Postcard Time Machine Project Begins So here’s how this whole vintage postcard recreation project started. In July 2024, Zach and I visited Bemidji, Minnesota, for UniCon ’24—the last one that’ll be held in the US. We stopped at a lakeside park to photograph the Chief Bemidji statue, one of many stops we made exploring …
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We’re ’80s kids. So when Flashback Pizza and Milkshakes in Rogers, Arkansas popped up in our feed, it hit every nostalgic nerve we had. Retro decor, arcade games, pizza, milkshakes—everything that made being a kid in the ’80s and ’90s feel like the best era to grow up in. We did some digging, realized it …
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The Giant Red Ryder That Started It All We had a VA appointment in Fayetteville, and since we were already up that way, we drove a little further north to Rogers. We were actually in town to check out Flashback Pizza (bucket list item #1 – full post coming soon!), but while we were exploring …
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Why does this year need a fancy title like “2026 Road Trip Bucket List”? Let’s be real – somewhere along the way, Zach and I lost our mojo. We’ve been rolling through the same triangle route (Florida, Arkansas, Michigan, repeat) for years now, and lately it’s felt more like we’re just… existing on the road …
There are holiday light displays, and then there’s Nights of Lights St Augustine—a tradition so iconic it consistently lands on “Best Christmas Lights in America” lists year after year. And having lived in St. Augustine for 15 years, I can tell you it absolutely deserves the hype. This past January, we made it back to …
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Updated: December 9, 2025 Sometimes the best roadside discoveries happen when you’re not even looking for them—you just follow your curiosity and see where it leads. That’s exactly how we discovered the Mr. Peanut statue in Fort Smith, Arkansas—standing proudly on Planters Road. This particular adventure was part of what we call our Mystery GPS …
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The World’s Largest Christmas Pickle Gets a Second Chance (And a Surprise Bonus!) Remember back in 2022 when we told you about the World’s Largest Christmas Pickle? Well, buckle up, because we’re going back—and this time, the story gets even better. The Backstory: Nobody Knew About The Pickle Picture It: Fort Smith, 2022 – Zach …
🐾 CopyCaturday: Hashbrown Casserole Copycat (Cracker Barrel Style) When the craving for a hashbrown casserole copycat hits somewhere between exits and empty coffee cups, you know it’s serious. Cracker Barrel’s version has a hold on us — that cheesy, golden comfort food we can never quite forget. So naturally, we decided to make our own …
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Gee Farms Michigan kicks off this new series — Rooted on the Road — part travel, part plant therapy, and entirely our kind of chaos. It’s for the plant-obsessed, tiny-living crowd chasing greenery wherever the road takes us. Every visit starts with “we’ll just look” and ends with us making space in the bus for …