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Journey Through The Past 

• Around the World In Seven Days - Wiley Post's Globe-Trotting Adventure
  United States · Philosophical Wanderings
• Calle Flor, Rota, Spain — A Reflection on Life, Birth, and the Passage of Time
  Spain · Life's Journey
• Once Upon a Time at Beaver Lake: The Lost Valley Beneath the Water
  Arkansas · Road Trip
• Sacred Ground and Civic Memory: The Berglund Center Site Explained
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• Spanish Trails - There's More Than One Way to Walk a Camino
  Spain · Life's Journey
• The Army Motors Across America - The Tale of the First Transcontinental Motor Convoy (a road trip)
  United States · Philosophical Wanderings
• The Cost of the Roads I've Traveled: How Interstates Changed Every Place I've Lived
  United States · Life's Journey
• The Great Gift of St. Joseph of Arimathea
  Virginia · Religious
• The Sassigassity of Some Authors.
  United States · Philosophical Wanderings
• There Once Was a Hyena Named Bill - Tales of Presidential Pets
  Washington, DC · Journey Through The Past
• The Story of Salem, Virginia – Discovering My New Hometown in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia · Journey Through The Past

Philosophical Wanderings 

• 2020 - The Year Behind the Fate Ball
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• 2021 - Greeting the New Year with New Hope
  Oklahoma · Life's Journey
• 2024 — Another Year of No Resolutions: A Take the Back Roads Reflection
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• 2026: The Year of Maintenance, A Medical Rest Stop
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• A Library for the Apocalypse – Why I'm Rebuilding My Bookshelf | Take the Back Roads
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• A Penny for Your Walks: Finding Small Abundance in Everyday Life
  Oklahoma · Life's Journey
• Between Motion and Stillness: Learning When Rest Is the Work
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• Confronting the Darkness: A Personal Reflection on Violence and Inaction in America Today
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• Don't Waste the Moments That Matter: A Rainy Road Trip to Tulsa
  Oklahoma · Life's Journey
• Filling the Bucket: Revisiting Dreams, Pilgrimage Plans, and Life Goals
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• Finding a Purpose (In Spite Of Living With Chronic Pain)
  Oklahoma · Life's Journey
• For Shame! – Reflections on Healing, Grace, and the Weight of the Past
  Virginia · Pilgrimage
• Hobbity Places: Photographing Mossy, Fairy-Tale Forests
  Colorado · Life's Journey
• How Do You Find Home in Constant Change? Can You Carry it With You?
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• In Memory of John Jacobs - A Tale of Many
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• Meanwhile in the Vineyard of Good and Evil — Reflections on Work, Faith, and Purpose
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• The Beauty in the Broken - Celebrating Cracks and Rumples
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• The Camino Reimagined: How a Hip Injury Led to a New Perspective on Adventure
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• The Illusion of Comfort: What the Cross Names
  Arkansas · Pilgrimage
• The Resurrection of the Old Lick Cemetery In Roanoke, Virginia
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• Twelve Hours at O'Hare: Why I Prefer the Back Roads
  Illinois · Life's Journey
• Unpacking the Secret Sin of My Scornful Suitcase
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• What Kind of Fudge Is Forgiveness, Anyway? A Personal Reflection on Healing and Faith
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• When Illness Is Your Fast: A Lenten Reflection on Grace and Weakness
  Arkansas · Pilgrimage
• Why Take the Back Roads | Finding Faith in the Journey
  Arkansas · Life's Journey

Pilgrimage 

• A Little Lent on the Prairie
  Oklahoma · Philosophical Wanderings
• All Saints' and All Souls' at the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe in Orlando, Florida · Life's Journey
• A Pilgrimage That Wasn't: St. Mary of the Springs
  Arkansas · Road Trip
• A Pilgrimage to St. Elizabeth of Hungary – The Historic Catholic Church of Eureka Springs, Arkansas
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• A Pilgrimage to the Portiuncula in Steubenville, Ohio – Finding Grace and Solitude on the Road
  Ohio · Life's Journey
• A Pilgrimage to the Saint Pope John Paul II National Shrine – Washington, D.C.
  Washington, D.C. · Life's Journey
• A Visit to St. Andrew's – The (Soon to Be) Basilica of the Blue Ridge in Roanoke, Virginia
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• A Visit to the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception – History, Art, and Marian Devotion
  Washington, D.C. · Life's Journey
• Awkwardly Seeking Solace: A Visit To Tulsa's Holy Family Cathedral,                               Oklahoma · Life's Journey
• Finding God in Gomorrah: The Books That Led Me Toward Faith
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• Finding Precious Moments: An Accidental Pilgrimage to the Precious Moments Chapel in Carthage, Missouri · Journey Through The Past
• Holiness Is Not Choreography: A Lenten Reflection on Grace
  Arkansas · Philosophical Wanderings
• Holy Week and the Wounds We Try to Avoid
  Arkansas · Philosophical Wanderings
• Judas and the Onions – Reflections on Excuses, Faith, and the Small Acts of Love
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• Seeing Shrine Mont – Virginia's Holy Hike at the Cathedral Shrine of the Transfiguration
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• Serendipity and Schoenmakers Window - A Visit to the Osage Nation's Immaculate Conception Church in Pawhuska,                                                                                                              Oklahoma · Journey Through The Past
• Sitting At St. Scholastica's - (Im)Patiently Waiting on the Powers That Be,                          Oklahoma · Life's Journey.
• Stopping by St. Wenceslaus - A Visit to the National Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague, Oklahoma,                                                                                                                                    Oklahoma · Journey Through The Past
• Taking the Back Roads to Rome - My Journey to the Catholic Church
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• The First Ashes: A Story of Lent
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• The First Pilgrimage: Finding Faith in Bella Vista's St. Bernard Parish
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• The Priest on the Plane - A Tale of Momento Mori
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• The Shrine of Our Lady of the Ozarks - A Tribute to Our Lady of the Smile - Winslow, Arkansas,   Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• Where Pilgrimage Begins: Our Lady of Bella Vista
  Arkansas · Life's Journey

Road Trip 

• ...And Then The Town Said "Oh 4#!& No!" - Coffeyville, Kansas and the Demise of the Dalton Gang
  Kansas · Journey Through The Past
• A "Naked" Las Vegas Strip
  Nevada · Life's Journey
• A Date With Doggo - The Best Places to Walk Your Dog In Tulsa
  Oklahoma · Life's Journey
• A Journey Through Time at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale, Arkansas
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• A Mountain By Another Name
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• A Quick Tour of Mountain Lake Lodge – The Real Kellerman's from Dirty Dancing
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• A Red Ryder Christmas: Visiting the Daisy Airgun Museum in Arkansas
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• A Road Trip In the Rain
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• A Road Trip to Historic Jamestown: A Journey into America's Past
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• A Scary Sanitorium - The Arkansas State Tuberculosis Sanatorium
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• A Tango Into A Trio - The OK-KS-MO Tri-State Monument
  Kansas · Journey Through The Past
• A Visit to the New River Gorge Bridge – Exploring the Heart of West Virginia's Mountain Majesty
  West Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• A Visit to the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• Agave Aboard! A Trip on the Jose Cuervo Express in Guadalajara, Mexico
  Mexico · Life's Journey
• All Aboard the USS Wisconsin - A Road Trip to a Retired Battleship in Norfolk, Virginia
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• An Elephant in the Ozarks
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• Astrological Tacos - Eating at the Aquarius Taqueria
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• Attempts at Okie Acclimation - The Sooner Saga
  Oklahoma · Life's Journey
• Banjos in Bricktown: A Visit to the American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City
  Oklahoma · Journey Through The Past
• Beaver Bridge - The Golden Gate of Arkansas
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• Bitter To The Last Bite - The Bolete Tylopilus Mushroom
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• Calling On The Capitol: A Weekday Getaway to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  Oklahoma · Life's Journey
• Cars & Confederate Flags – A Visit to Cooter's Dukes of Hazzard Museum in Luray, Virginia
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• Climbing a New Mountain - A First Look at the Appalachians
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• Crystal Bridges Museum: Returning to Art, Architecture, and the Ozarks
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• Discovering Appomattox Court House: A Road Trip to Civil War History
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• Discovering History: A Road Trip to the MacArthur Memorial, in Norfolk, Virginia
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• Diving Deep Into the Foothills of the Fort Lewis Mountains, Courtesy of Dixie - A Visit To Dixie Caverns in Salem, Virginia
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• Driving California's Twisty Highway 36: When the Road Takes Over
  California · Life's Journey
• Driving I-70 Through Utah's San Rafael Swell: One of America's Most Remote Highway Stretches
  Utah · Journey Through The Past
• Driving Nevada's Extraterrestrial Highway (Route 375)
  Nevada · Life's Journey
• Enjoying a Slice of Life in Savannah, Georgia!
  Georgia · Life's Journey
• Exploring Lexington, Virginia – A Weekend Getaway Through History and the Blue Ridge Mountains
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• Exploring Natural Bridge State Park – Virginia's 215-Foot Limestone Arch
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• FE and Felonies - The Story of Virginia's Fairy Stone State Park
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• Filling Up At The Philbrook - A Visit to Tulsa, Oklahoma's Philbrook Museum
  Oklahoma · Journey Through The Past
• Finding Henry: Discovering My Muse Along Chicago Creek
  Colorado · Life's Journey
• Finding Something Spooky - The Search for the Ozark Spook Light
  Oklahoma · Journey Through The Past
• Folk Art in Foyil, Oklahoma - A Visit to Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park
  Oklahoma · Journey Through The Past
• From Veneto to the Ozarks: The Italian Roots of Tontitown, Arkansas
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• Going Down! Exploring Natural Tunnel State Park
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• Hiking to Hanging Lake in Glenwood Springs, Colorado
  Colorado · Life's Journey
• Hot Springs, Arkansas: A Healing City Built on Water, History, and Reinvention
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• I Took the Dam Picture – A Visit to Hoover Dam
  Nevada · Life's Journey
• I Tried a "Perfect" Ozarks Waterfall Road Trip—Here's the Truth
  Arkansas · Philosophical Wanderings
• John Barber, Vampire - A Tale Of Tuberculosis
  Connecticut · Journey Through The Past
• Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum in Hot Springs: Kitsch, Gangsters, and Waxed History
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• Learning About Laura - A Visit to the Little House on the Prairie Museum in Independence, Kansas
  Kansas · Journey Through The Past
• Moonshiners Falls In Winslow, Arkansas - A Hike to Remember
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• Mountain Base Road Golden Gate Canyon State Park, CO
  Colorado · Journey Through The Past
• Ms. Elliott Goes to Washington, D.C
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• Ms. Elliott Goes to Washington, D.C. (Again!)
  Washington, D.C. · Life's Journey
• Ms. Elliott Leaves Home – A Reflection on Family, Boundaries, and Healing
  Utah · Life's Journey
• Navigating Change on US-71, The Boston Mountain Loop: Thoughts on Relocation and the Importance of Personal Goals
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• Ode to Fish - An Example of Great Husbanding
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• Off to the Side - Exploring Other Paths
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• Oil On the Bayou
  Louisiana · Life's Journey
• Osage Hills State Park - An Outstanding Oklahoma Outdoor Adventure (even though it rained)
  Oklahoma · Life's Journey
• Patti's 1880 Settlement - Food, Fun, and Ghostly Fowl
  Kentucky · Life's Journey
• Peeking Into Pea Ridge, Arkansas: My First Real Look Into the Civil War
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• Peering Into Pin Point - A Visit to the Pin Point Heritage Museum in Savannah, Georgia
  Georgia · Journey Through The Past
• Peering Into Plantation Life - A Visit to Oak Alley Plantation
  Louisiana · Journey Through The Past
• Petroglyphs in the Valley of Fire
  Nevada · Journey Through The Past
• Remembering 9:02 AM, April 19, 1995 - Visiting the Oklahoma City National Memorial
  Oklahoma · Journey Through The Past
• Remembering June 6, 1944 – A Visit to the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• Revisiting Eureka Springs, Arkansas – A Day Trip Through the Ozarks
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• Rhema Christmas Lights - A Tulsa Holiday Tradition
  Oklahoma · Life's Journey
• Riding the Rails into Roanoke, Visiting the Virginia Museum of Transportation
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• Roads I've Traveled: The Spiral Jetty and the Beauty That Survives a Hostile Land
  Utah · Journey Through The Past
• Searching For A Missing Treasure - Exploring the Old Spanish Treasure Cave
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• Searching For Answers About the Civil War - A Visit to the Prairie Grove, Arkansas, Battlefield
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• Seeing Civil War History at Fort Pulaski in Savannah, Georgia
  Georgia · Journey Through The Past
• Seeing a Movie Scene - A Hike to Whitaker Point
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• Seeking Out a Sapphire Cetacean - A Visit to the Blue Whale On Route 66 in Catoosa, Oklahoma
  Oklahoma · Journey Through The Past
• Staying Gold - Stopping By The Outsiders House Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma
  Oklahoma · Journey Through The Past
• Swimming Holes, Naturally
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• Taking the Cure: What the Bathhouse Era Teaches Us About Health, Vitality, and Irreversibility
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• The Green River Intergalactic Spaceport: Wyoming's Strangest Roadside Attraction
  Wyoming · Journey Through The Past
• The Little House in Missouri - A Visit to the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum
  Missouri · Journey Through The Past
• The Mystery of the Unreadable Book - Secrets About the Voynich Manuscript
  Journey Through The Past
• The Phone Booth in The Desert
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• The Pig Who Saved a Battleship: The King Neptune of IL-146
  Illinois · Journey Through The Past
• The Real Story of Roanoke, Virginia – History, Railroads, Highways & Renewal
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• The Story Behind Lake Francis
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• The Story of the Great Roanoke County Sourdough Bread Drive
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• The Ultimate Low-Cost North West Arkansas Travel Guide
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• Through the Vault Door: Gangsters, Healing Waters, and a Neutral City
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• Toodaloo Tulsa! We're Relocating to Roanoke!
  Oklahoma · Life's Journey
• Touring the Jackson House Museum in Lexington, Virginia
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• Trekking Up Turkey Mountain - Tulsa's Sanctuary in the City
  Oklahoma · Life's Journey
• Trolling For Trout - A Weekend At Gaston's White River Resort
  Arkansas · Life's Journey
• Turner Falls, Oklahoma: The Waterfall and the Unfinished Castle
  Oklahoma · Journey Through The Past
• Uncovering America's Past: A Road Trip to the Revolutionary War Museum in Yorktown, Virginia
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• Virginia Beach Sunrise – The Final Scratch on a 27-Year Road Trip
  Virginia · Life's Journey
• Visiting the Blue Ridge Institute and Museum in Ferrum, Virginia – Appalachian Heritage and Moonshine History
  Virginia · Journey Through The Past
• Who Is a Hoo-Hoo? A Back Roads Oddity from the Lumber World
  Arkansas · Journey Through The Past
• Wondering About Woody's Wanderings: A Visit to the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma
  Oklahoma · Journey Through The Past