Old cypress barn north of Oil Trough, AR. …
The Honesty Box
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely that what others …
The King’s English
You'll find a bonus story here and there through The King of Highbanks Road manuscript. One such bonus is a list of my dad's favorite sayings. …
Mid-South Food Truck Festival
40 Beds in 40 Nights … or … Know Your MATL
“I may look calm, but in my head I’ve killed you three times.” ~ unknown philosopher The hiking/walking/pilgrim community is a fairly tight-knit group …
Pamplona – Camino Magic
https://youtu.be/ySHN9dglUAk?t=38s (Above: Heinrich's reading the Pilgrim's blessing before leaving Pamplona. It was one of the most special moments I …
Day Trip to Manta, Ecuador
House Hunters International in Puerto Cayo, Ecuador: The Inside Info
Remember the pop-up videos on VH1? I enjoyed those little factoids and tidbits because they revealed things you'd never know, even if you watched a hundred …
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House Hunters International in Ecuador: Answers to the Questions
(Blogger's Note: The House Hunters International episode featuring our home buying experience in Ecuador will air this Thursday night at 9:30 Central on …
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House Hunters International: How We Got On
(Blogger's Note: For four days during late March and early April, Dana and I filmed with House Hunters International, for an episode that's coming up on HGTV in …
Goodbye, Ecuador. For a Time.
It's time to go home. One hundred days that Dana and I have been in Ecuador now. Beginning today at 10 a.m., we'll drive an hour to Manta, take a domestic …
Saturday in Jipijapa
Carnival in Ecuador
The world stops when it's Carnival in Ecuador. It's yet another time when nationals from all across the country descend on the coast for the four-day holiday, …
A Birthday Gift to Myself: The Way of St. James
“I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.” ~ Herman Melville February 10, 2013. My 47th birthday. Oh, the humanity. I've almost always …
Road Signs of Ecuador
It's a 20-mile drive from our home to the nearest "major town" in the Manabi province. And from our back door to Jipijapa we go from sea level to 2,500 feet in …
Otavalo – South America’s Most Famous Market
Mud Baths at Agua Blanca
Today, we visited Agua Blanca, a spring in the Machalilla National Park near Puerto Lopez. Agua Blanca is a beautiful forest, wild animals everywhere and a …
My New Hair Fashionista: Antonio Delgado
It's been 45 days since my last haircut in the U.S. For me, that's a long time. Today, 6,000 miles from home, I found a new hair cut guy. He works from a …
How to be the Most Popular Guy at Nawi Fest
How does a fair-skinned, blue-eyed gringo at his first Nawi Fest become the most popular guy on the Malecon? Mostly, he just acts himself, and walks the …
