Just prior to the recent Coronavirus Pandemic I was introduced to a unique sports game called "Rocket League" by my younger brother Waylon. Living nearly 1000 miles apart we were looking for something to play online together and as I've never really been a "first-person shooter" guy, Rocket League seemed like something fun to pick up and put down while we caught up from time-to-time. In short order however, what began as a way to connect quickly morphed into a new obsession as I found myself playing more and more just for the sake of playing and getting better at the game. This new found hobby...

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When I originally heard that Formula 1 was coming back to the United States I got excited that someday I might be able to go to one of the races. When I learned that they would be building a state of the art track and hosting the race in Austin, Texas my excitement grew exponentially with the prospect of attending a race much sooner than I ever expected. Sure enough almost a year and a half later I was holding tickets for my fiancee and I to attend the Inaugural US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas race track. Given that neither of us had ever been to a Formula 1 race, neither of us knew...

5500 Miles, 17 States, 9 Days, 1 Epic Adventure (WORK IN PROGRESS!) Preface: Late in 2011 the idea of an epic road trip began to bounce around between Sarah and I. After some loose planning and thought we came up with the idea to drive through every state north and west of Texas while hitting several of our "Life List" destinations in the process. We didn't want to plan everything out to the last detail so that we could leave ourselves open to opportunities along the way but we did plot each of our desired stops on a map to establish a route that would help us reach each of them while also passing...

It was early December and 2011 was winding down to an end when my girlfriend Sarah asked me how I would rate the past year as a whole? Naturally I noted that I had met her that year so it was the best year ever, but I felt that there was still a void. I had started Grad School in the Spring and competed in the Texas Mile in May, but something was missing. I thought about it for a while, before I realized that I could not recall having gone on any grand adventure that year. As we discussed the topic, Sarah casually mentioned that she would go on any adventure that I wanted to so that I could finish...