Cutting A Road Through The Woods - Part 2 (DeanoFarms: Week 71) Week 2 of this multiweek project. After a slow start with a myriad of problems the prior week I started making decent progress this weekend. It was a beautiful weekend to be in the woods. I dropped the largest tree I've ever cut down (a cedar tree). It even went the direction I wanted it to go. Bonus points: I didn't die in the process! #deanofarms 

Biking Meeman Shelby Forest State Park (Millington, TN) We started off our Spring Break going west. Our first stop was north of Memphis at Meeman Shelby Forest State Park. We explored the park on our bikes and had so much fun that we changed our entire plan to spend more time in (and around) this park and in Millington. It was the perfect park for biking (and eating).

Slow Down Deano! Chainsaw Safety (DeanoFarms: Week 70) Sometimes I get moving a little too quickly trying to get a project finished. In the process, I start cutting corners. Sometimes this means I increase risks. I constantly have to remind myself to slow down. Especially if it is a project I'm not familiar with. ESPECIALLY when I have a chainsaw in my hand! On this day, I didn't do what I should have and got a reminder of how stupid that could have been. #deanofarms

Fort Pillow Historic State Park (Henning, TN) This was our first trip of the 2024 RV season with some winter camping at Fort Pillow Historic State Park in west TN. It is a Civil War encampment that was on the Mississippi River. We learned a little about it and hiked to a restored fortification. Winter camping sometimes works out with the weather (this one kinda did and kinda didn't).

Farm Fails - Sometimes Progress Is Slow! (DeanoFarms: Week 70) Projects are often 1 step forward and 3 steps back. It was definitely like that on this day. Actually, several thousand steps backward on this day! I made many trips back and forth to the barn and wound up with very little to show for it other than all those steps! HA! Oh well, at least the tractor and chainsaw are now ready to go?!? Flow State Farm Projects!

Getting Back To Biking I've been doing lots of hiking and weight training over the past few years. I haven't been doing much biking. I want to change that this year. I watched Tour de France: Unchained and it made me realize I missed riding. I might even hit the road for some overnight bikepacking trips before the year ends. My bikes needed some TLC so I can get back in the saddle. So I started there.

Cutting A Road Through The Woods - Part 1 (DeanoFarms: Week 70) I need a road to connect my front pasture to my back pasture. This will take some time and lots of tree cutting, clearing, chipping, and leveling. Of course, everything will take longer than I want it to take (it always does). This is part one (of ?). #deanofarms

Sightseeing Fort Worth, TX I had to work in Fort Worth, TX so I made Emily come with me (and also work...ha). All work and no play makes Deano a dull boy, however. We did some JFK-themed sightseeing at the JFK Memorial and the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (in Dallas). Of course, I enjoyed the conspiracy theory involved. Is it even a theory at this point...BASED! The unexpected highlight of the trip was the Fort Worth Water Gardens. I really 'dove into' that and saw the rest of Fort Worth that day with a wet foot. The ultimate goal of the trip was to visit the Fort Worth Stockyards. I wanted to see the long-horn cattle drive and eat a steak. We did both, eating at the 'internationally famous' Cattlemen's Steakhouse. Emily did well picking places to eat. We also hit Torcy's Tacos (which we will travel across the US to eat anytime), and Reata (a Fort Worth favorite)!

Pre-Scouting Locations and Camping #camping #rv We were in the area anyway so we pre scouted some locations. Will our rv travel trailer fit? Will we be tent camping? Can I get my wife to tent camp? Maybe if she sees it before that'll help...maybe?!?

Christmas 2023 - Parade, Ice Skating, Minigolf, Cheekwood Lights Small town Christmas parade brought Emily to tears. My first time ice skating in many, many years. Emmaline won minigolf...wat?!?! Zach is a real man wit dat extra hot chicken! Gran's family tree. Max's birthday. Cheekwood Christmas Lights. ...and WAY too many presents!

Working While RV'ing Sometimes you have to work while on the road rv'ing. And sometimes the road doesn't cooperate (bad wifi, cold, late night). Anyone else? #rvlife #worklifebalance

Thanksgiving 2023 at Hogdaddy's Hogdaddy hosted the 1st Annual Frisbee Golf Invitational for Thanksgiving this year. It was a challenging course. At some point money started flowing so I quit filming and starting flingin'!

A Flat Ruins Another Bike Ride I had a couple of flats in a row. No fun! #bicycle #bike

Cutting Vines Out Of Trees (DeanoFarms: Week 69) Good Trees = Good! Vines Growing In Good Trees = Bad! I, Deano, will conquer the vines! #deanofarms

Weird Things In Mailbox (DeanoFarms: Week 70) Well, that's weird!?!? #deanofarms

How Much Does RV Travel Cost? Nerding Out With A Spreadsheet Using 4 Years Of Our Travel. To find out how much RV travel costs I pull data from 28 trips as weekend warriors over 99 nights over 4 years and 10,000 miles of travel! In this video, I look at the cost of the 28 RV trips we took and figure out how much it costs to have a rig. I then compared RV travel to other forms of travel (air, rental car, hotels) to see the difference in the costs.

RV Travel Costs (Part 2) - Is RV Travel Worth It? From video one we learned that RV travel was more expensive than traditional travel. Was it worth 22% More (an extra $4k) to travel with our RV? Answer for me = YES! First off, I lean towards RV travel. It suits the way I like to travel better than the alternative. In this video, I talk more about the reasons (destinations, flexibility, having your stuff), the verdict, and other considerations (minimizing the bad parts of travel, practice, using your rig more, longer trips, different types of setups).

Bitcoin in February +44%. Since I’ve been tracking Bitcoin’s monthly price (end of 2017) it has only ever had a >44% move in a month 3 other times. Two times below $10k and back in 12/20 from $19k. This move started at $43k! Big. Boy. Move! You have now witnessed history. #Bitcoin

Hogrock 'Toberfest 2023 - What We Got A couple of the things we got at Hogrock! #hogrock

The struggle of my life the past month! #Bitcoin