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Sidepony 12
The Sidepony Express Music Festival started 14 years ago. They missed two years because of the pandemic, so this year was the 12 edition. It was the second Sidepony for Karla and myself. Thursday Sidepony had an official kick-off on Thursday, November 6 at the Bisbee Grand featuring Fatigo and Mariachi Pueblo Viejo. When we…
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The rest of October 2025
Our new place was still pretty empty. We shopped all the thrift and antique stores including D’s Furniture, St Vincent dePaul, Goodwill, Hidden Treasure Mall, Rocking Horse Antique Mall, Arizona Trading, Sorted Past, BZB Consignment, Bitchin Pickens, and the Bargain Barn of Palominas. We also visited most of the big box stores including Lowe’s, Walmart,…
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Cactus Point
I was moving a little slow on Saturday morning. A few days on the road had taken its toll. But some sweet French toast at the Cantina in the Hotel Encanto helped get me going. We had four hours of driving left to get us to Sierra Vista. We made a stop right outside of…
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Roswell & Las Cruces
We started our morning with a quick stop at Cadillac Ranch. It is weird, and tourist trap, and covered is spray paint, but I am glad we stopped. We headed southwest. I had researched Bandolero Brewery in Clovis, New Mexico. They opened at 11:00am and the menu looked good. Our route would get us there…
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Tulsa Guthrie Amarillo
One of the reasons we stopped in Tulsa was to see the Jay Farrar/Son Volt exhibit at the Woody Guthrie Center. The Woody Guthrie Center doesn’t open until 10:00am so we had a little time to sleep in. We got ready and walked to the Chimera Cafe. Karla had a tasty breakfast taco and latte,…
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Ankeny Liberty Tulsa
After a quick hotel breakfast in Ankeny, we packed up and continued south. We stopped for some gas just south of Des Moines, and continued to Liberty Missouri, a northern suburb of Kansas City. We stopped at 3 Halves Brewing for some lunch and a beer. Karla had the tasty lunch special tacos with smoked…
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Pine Point to Ankeny
On the road again. The first day was a long day. We started early with closing up Pine Point. We drained the water from the cabin and winterized the pipes. We finished packing the truck. We couldn’t fit everything we wanted to bring to Cactus Point, but we did a good job of packing and…
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September 2025
(and a little October) After our friend Ben left, we did not have any big events in September. We worked on projects, went for walks, went on pontoon rides, and got together with family for happy hour and to watch football. I finished my cabinet work for the year. I still have some more to…
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August 2025
The first weekend in August, there was a birthday celebration for Sarah at Kevin & Emily’s. There were a lot of good friends and good food. August 5 we played trivia at Rendezvous Brewing with Lani and Emily on our team. It was a close night and we tied for second. August 7 we drove…
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July 2025
So much for monthly updates. I have some notes, so I will recount some of our activities in July. The first day of July we went to Rendezvous Brewing and played Trivia with my brother Michael and his daughter Olivia. We had a good night and took first place. Over the long Independence Day weekend,…
Rob & Karla
The Continuing Adventures
Rob & Karla 