From Navy Days to Wedding Toasts: The DNA Surprise That Made Me a Dad Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you. Sometimes it’s a surprise party. Sometimes it’s a parking ticket. And sometimes—just sometimes—it’s a message that flips your entire world upside down and right-side up again...

Hot Dogs, Home Runs, and HR Department Foam Fingers: Our Company Social at the Astros Game There are company socials, and then there are company socials—the kind that start with polite small talk and end with your boss doing the wave in a foam finger while someone from accounting tries to...

There’s something surreal about pulling into a national park and realizing you have the place almost entirely to yourself. That was my reality in December of 2022, when I rolled into Black Canyon of the Gunnison under a sky so crisp it felt like glass. The ranger station was quiet, the...

🛢️ My Journey to Main Pass 260 I’ll never forget the first time I flew out to Main Pass 260. The helicopter lifted off from the Louisiana coast, slicing through the humid Gulf air as we headed 55 miles offshore. Below us, the endless blue of the Gulf of Mexico stretched in every...

Welcome to Rex Hale Campground: A Quiet Tribute on the Edge of Yellowstone Tucked into the rugged wilderness west of Cody, Wyoming, just 18 miles from the East Gate of Yellowstone National Park, lies a serene and storied retreat: Rex Hale Campground. Surrounded by towering cliffs...

Outlaws, Bullet Holes, and Wild West Whispers: Visiting Jesse James’s House in St. Joseph, Missouri If you’ve ever wanted to stand in the exact spot where Wild West legend Jesse James met his dramatic end, look no further than St. Joseph, Missouri. Tucked behind the historic Patee House...