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Our story is pretty simple...three out of four of Jeff and I's parents became ill and passed away in their middle 60s. This reality has caused Jeff and I to truly realize that tomorrow is not promised. So, what is our mission??? It's to find the ADVENTURE in everything! Our passion is inspiring families to spend quality time together through exploration and travel! Our blog posts offer helpful travel and safety tips, budget-friendly travel and meal tips, and an update on what Jeff and I are up to in real-time! Our YouTube channel features our inspiring travel adventures focusing on Florida travel, budget-friendly travel tips, photography, amazing drone footage, how-to videos and honest product reviews!

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It's super cold here this morning it's gonna be a great flight Jeff's the one that's going up so he's getting time yeah well

it's also expensive

oh my god

so freaking incredible

so they're gonna do a toast to thank God we made it back alive toast

Good morning we are at the Carolina balloon fest and we were here bright and early and it's cold Jeff's the one that's going up so he's gonna have a good time. Yeah well

it's also expensive y'all I'm gonna tell you this work and then you ever get to do this again true

but somebody has to film from the ground right and if you don't like to heights the balloon is not for you so we're gonna see how this all goes

here we go

I'm sure that Jeff is just loving this and it couldn't be prettier morning beautiful temperatures I hope yes the time of his life

we landed

right there just over those trees in that field

and we brought it up here to the road and let it down

so they made it back successfully they landed on the shoulder of I 70 it was a wild time this is Shawn from Sky candy balloon and he does all the balloon rides so you definitely gonna want to look him up Yeah, Sky candy balloons North Carolina that's why I'm like we will put the link to his in company information in the description box below. So they're gonna do a toast to thank God we made it back alive toast right here

when it's warm hands now you fly so high and so well that God joins you and laughter and such you gently back into the loving arms of Mother Earth. Cheers, cheers cheers

so as You see they are attempting to blow up this evening. Jeff's light was this morning and we had a spectacular time at the balloon festival this morning. The weather was absolutely perfect this evening is a different story. They are having trouble doing these balloons these balloons are not wanting to stay in right now they're flying at pilots discretion when we're not even sure they're going to do the balloon below tonight because the balloons are having trouble staying up so this one brave balloon is going up and these brave that are in it. Let's pray for them all to be safe. It is a gorgeous blue

above and away they go. So the other balloons

have been getting pushed over by the roof but I think a few of them are gonna try to fly in this very small window here.

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It's super cold here this morning it's gonna be a great flight Jeff's the one that's going up so he's getting time yeah well

it's also expensive

oh my god

so freaking incredible

so they're gonna do a toast to thank God we made it back alive toast

Good morning we are at the Carolina balloon fest and we were here bright and early and it's cold Jeff's the one that's going up so he's gonna have a good time. Yeah well

it's also expensive y'all I'm gonna tell you this work and then you ever get to do this again true

but somebody has to film from the ground right and if you don't like to heights the balloon is not for you so we're gonna see how this all goes

here we go

I'm sure that Jeff is just loving this and it couldn't be prettier morning beautiful temperatures I hope yes the time of his life

we landed

right there just over those trees in that field

and we brought it up here to the road and let it down

so they made it back successfully they landed on the shoulder of I 70 it was a wild time this is Shawn from Sky candy balloon and he does all the balloon rides so you definitely gonna want to look him up Yeah, Sky candy balloons North Carolina that's why I'm like we will put the link to his in company information in the description box below. So they're gonna do a toast to thank God we made it back alive toast right here

when it's warm hands now you fly so high and so well that God joins you and laughter and such you gently back into the loving arms of Mother Earth. Cheers, cheers cheers

so as You see they are attempting to blow up this evening. Jeff's light was this morning and we had a spectacular time at the balloon festival this morning. The weather was absolutely perfect this evening is a different story. They are having trouble doing these balloons these balloons are not wanting to stay in right now they're flying at pilots discretion when we're not even sure they're going to do the balloon below tonight because the balloons are having trouble staying up so this one brave balloon is going up and these brave that are in it. Let's pray for them all to be safe. It is a gorgeous blue

above and away they go. So the other balloons

have been getting pushed over by the roof but I think a few of them are gonna try to fly in this very small window here.

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All right, we've made it across. And now it's debatable if we're crossing over this little rock face here I don't think we're going to go all the way up there. Okay, so we're headed back across the bridge. Swinging

It's amazing, isn't it? That's my favorite. I know the Oh, you can make it and that is a great meal for a cold day and Jeff's going to be super happy

Good morning everyone. Jeff and I are super excited because we are headed to grandfather mountain today. Aren't you excited? Absolutely. We're heading through Boone right now. Yeah. And if you haven't been to Boone, North Carolina there's so much to do here. And Grandfather Mountain is the highlight and let me just tell you, we are in full swing with the fall colors. They are very vibrant this year. So we are very excited to show you grandfather mountain

we are entering the Blue Ridge Parkway. How gorgeous Okay, so we're just arriving here at the admission gate at grandfather mountain. And thank God we got our reservations early because they're done online now and they are completely sold out. Because this is a major attraction in the peak season of the of autumn. So we are going to get into the park and then we're going to take you for a ride on the switchbacks all the way up the mountain and across the Mile High Bridge which is unbelievable and not to be missed, right? Yeah, that's gonna be awesome. I mean I have a height thing but I'm still going to do it. I've done it before so I feel slightly better about that. It should be super cold and windy up there. But the colors are going to be amazing. It is a bright blue crystal clear day today

I'm sorry Thank you. Nice to meet you. Do you have a CD player in your vehicle? We don't thank you so much. I do love the CD member when we listen to this. Oh they have a a USB drive how nice they give you a thumbnail so that you can listen to it like from your computer look at these massive boulders. Okay guys, so we're coming up to the switchbacks now which are really fun to drive and then we will be at the summit of grandfather mountain and the Mile High Bridge here we go to the summit grandfather mountain

It is packed in here today. Jeff and I got a little bit of a late start we're kind of regretting that

so beautiful if you guys hear me short of breath it's because I have asthma. And it's super cold up here. And when the so I don't do great in this. Here's the Mile High Bridge. Hey babe my Yeah, it's packed full of people but I'm going across well how they know what the count is? I don't think anyone's watching. That's a little nerve racking.

Okay, so the elevation here is 5282 By going across the mile hybrid they also call it the Swinging Bridge. Because the wind makes it move a little look at all the people on the on the rock face up there it's a little swinging right now guys all right, we've made it across. And now it's debatable if we're crossing over this little rock face here Tina is prone to falling in case you all didn't know. So so this is the grandfather mountain Wilson Center. It's the Discovery Center. And we're just going to check it out real quick. There's a place where you can have lunch in here and a museum. So it's really cool. And they have a gift shop. And Jeff's in line to get some lunch. Very cool. Let's go find Jeff.

Jeff, Hey, can I have lunch? Absolutely. All right. Well, the cafe was down. So we are going to jump ahead and do the animal habitats which are just gorgeous. Because I won't swear words but yeah. Jeff's Jeff says he's got a little spare for right now. It is it's gorgeous. Okay, we are at the American black bear exhibit.

So Jeff and I are just finishing up our day here at grandfather mountain. What did you think was awesome.

The weather was perfect. The barrels the

bears was great. Yep. So we have another fun filled day tomorrow because we're going to be at the Carolina balloon fest. So we'll bring you on that adventure as well.

We'll see you on day. Bye

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I'm gonna whip together a quick campfire chili that I wanted to share with you guys. It's super quick, healthy and also inexpensive. So in this pan right here, I have some extra virgin olive oil and an onion. I'm going to sell to that and I'm going to add the ground beef. And then the ingredients that you're going to need other than the ground beef, onion and olive oil is a can of kidney beans, some diced tomatoes, salt, pepper, granulated garlic, a chili packet and some brown gravy and macaroni and I'll show you that how this ends up as we cook. Okay, so I've got the onion all sauteed here and we're going to add a little bit of ground beef lean ground beef. And then we're going to add some salt. This is to taste you guys

and I like to add a little granulated garlic and then you're just gonna copy that all together. And then I'll show you step three. Okay, so step three this has cooked well we're going to add the can of tomatoes and work with the add the chili seasoning packet. And we're going to stir that together the can of tomatoes and the chili seasoning packet, we're going to add a candle water.

We're going to add the brown gravy mix and we're going to go ahead and stir that together.

And then we're going to add the can of beans which is kidney beans but you can add any bean that you like. These would be drained beans, guys don't, don't add the liquid it's gonna make it gets super thick and then we're just gonna cover it with a lid and we're gonna let it simmer there for hour, hour and a half and we're going to keep checking to see you know, it's going to thicken up a little bit you don't want it too thick, but you want it like in between you don't want it too thin, you don't want it too thick. And then we're going to add about a cup or two of cooked elbow macaroni and we're going to serve that with a salad and we'll show you the finished product later. So if you guys want a quick, easy cheap meal, especially on a cold day, this is it guys. Okay, so it's done. And I told you guys about an hour to an hour and a half but I was wrong. It's about 30 minutes is what I wanted to say is about 30 minutes for this particular chili and I serve it over about a half a cup of macaroni and that is a great meal for a cold day and Jeff's going to be super happy you ready? Are you ready for a different kind of sad and sad

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If you need a little jolt to fall or a feeling of fall you definitely want to come here it is so amazing is coming I can feel it did you get the shot

to do it no, no, no no. That is awesome. So here we have our beautiful Meridian chicken pie. So this is a piece of the chicken pie on top of wooden potatoes

I just want to live here year round because I love the colonial style buildings.

And they have so much character in the brick you guys really 1797 it was built this is just amazing. We've been here before in the fall, and it truly is magical look at this little guy

I nobody's really cute.

So babe, tell everyone where we're taking them.

We're gonna go see a covered bridge, or the Welcome Center.

That's right, and it's got a ton of Moravian stars all lit up inside. It's going to be amazing. So come along well we have arrived at the covered bridge. And there's just one large Moravian star in the bridge under the bridge this is amazing

Oh, I love it

look at this piece of architecture is this not just gorgeous Jeff

Jeff said he could build this he probably could.

Gorgeous. Just amazing. So the covered bridge takes you into the visitor center, which we're going to check out now. Jeff's already in there and this should be really cool.

Bound Yeah.

Very cool. is reading the history of all this sound?

Well, this place is quite large. So if you guys are ever in the area, you're definitely gonna want to check this out. Lots of history here. It's a very good learning experience. Especially for kids. Got a little gift shop
this is just one of the private residences here. Beautiful a lot of these houses are museums, so you can purchase tickets and tour the houses. We're not doing that today. Because this place is only open Wednesday through Saturdays from 10 to four. So it's like two o'clock now. 230 I know there's a bed and breakfast.

I know it's beautiful. Love it you guys get the time to visit Old Salem here in Winston Salem. You won't want to miss the museum's they are some amazing. There are some amazing historic buildings here and American history which Jeff and I really love So this looks like it was an old stable. I love the cobblestone Oh, what was it? Oh fire engine house very cool so Jeff and I love historical places and we think that this is where the water source was for the town at one time. Very cool.

Very cool. Yeah, it doesn't look like it works or it might just take a lot of priming that pump so this is where they bake the bread. And it's super awesome and you can learn a little bit about the bread making process so it's kind of like a bakery and a museum. So here are the Moravian cookies for tea cakes, and you've got ginger and sugar and lemon and the list goes on. And of course they're known for their sugar cake that you can buy here the mix to make it at home and what you're looking at baby Oh good lord, we're in trouble so here we have our beautiful Meridian chicken pie. And that's gonna bake at 400 degrees in the oven for about an hour in that pie in between the dough is just chicken and maybe a little bit of gravy. And then how you do this is once it's baked and crisp and brown on the top. You're going to serve it over whipped potatoes and some sauteed green beans and then overtop of the crust you're going to add chicken gravy. Now normally I would make my own chicken gravy and my own mashed potatoes. But this is camping style. So we're going to make a beautiful dinner and share it with our friends the RV travel couple jossan Jen so we'll show you when this is all completed how delicious it looks and we hope you try it. This is a piece of the chicken pie on top of whipped potatoes with sauteed green beans and topped with gravy. It is super awesome and our friends are here getting ready to enjoy Hey guys say hi. This is Josh from the RV travel couple and his beautiful wife Jenny. So it's getting ready to go down

I can feel the breeze brings ski to ski field strong lean on hidden so

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