“We’re 16 minutes late…” Elizabeth led off our trip with this most predictable intonation, well before the sun had thought of rising on August 12. Holding up her phone to document our departure from Norman for our vacation video, she simultaneously managed to generate some #content for me AND let me know that she was …
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National Parks Trip: Planning and Packing
Let me preface this by saying that I have *never* planned a vacation more than this. It started way back in February, on a bright day in Norman where the low temperature was probably about 4 degrees. Actually, I looked it up and the low that on February 19, 2021 was 2. Scipio did not …
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National Park Trip Homepage
In August 2021, Elizabeth and I embarked on the trip of a lifetime. Over the course of a week from August 13 to 20, we explored the iconic national park tandem in northwestern Wyoming – Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. Every piece of advice we read said we would need this long to see …
Counting down my undergrad OU football games: 39-34 – The Blowout Wins
I was blessed in my time at OU to have seen many very fun football games. I was also blessed in my time at OU to have attended many 11:00 kicks in the middle of September with a heat index climbing to near 100 as I had to explain to Elizabeth what a UTEP was. …
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Hot Springs National Park: Day 3
In contrast to night one, where I felt like I didn’t sleep at all due to the wind, I slept like a baby on Saturday night along Lake Ouachita. Maybe it was the exhaustion from a pretty long day of hiking. Maybe it was the comfort of a sleeping bag on a chilly night. Maybe …
St. Louis 2021: Gateway Arch National Park
There are 63 national parks. If you asked any NPS enthusiast who has been to all 63 to rank them, the Gateway Arch would probably rank 63rd on most people’s list. That isn’t necessarily the fault of the Arch, either. It’s a beautiful piece of architecture in downtown St. Louis with historical significance, and a …
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Rehoboth Beach 2021: Opening Weekend
Beach week! For some of us (Elizabeth), that means a full week off to eat crepes and lay on the sand. For some of us (me), that means a week of working remotely from a different state. I’m not complaining… too much. It was a busy week, an eventful week, and most of all, a …
St. Louis 2021 – Meramec Caverns
Sometimes a Meister vacation is so full of stuff that you wake up on Saturday and go “wow, it’s only Saturday”. I staggered out of bed a little after 8:00 feeling exactly that after a day full of Six Flags fun. The sun was shining through the crack in the curtains in our hotel room, …
Summer 2021: Six Flags St. Louis
Sometimes these blog posts about multi-day trips can be intimidating to write. Either I have to break it up into a multiple-part blog post to cover each day in detail, or I feel like I stiff the reader on details. I’ve found that indecision leads me to write absolutely nothing about the event, and something …
San Diego Diary: July 16
This will be the final live installment of my trip to San Diego. I’m writing this one from back home in Norman, where I can reflect and say that was one of the funnest trips I’ve ever been on. Having never been to San Diego, or California in general, every day was pure exploration for …
