My beloved mother and de facto editor (thanks for pointing out those typos) was quick to bring my attention to her total absence in my inaugural post.
I believe her exact words were, "Your blog sounds like you didn't even HAVE a mom!"
I diligently reviewed it and saw her point. So I feel it worthy to state, for the record, that she drove us on many a mountain trip, in addition to toting us around EVERYWHERE ELSE until we could drive ourselves.
I am failing to think of a simile that does justice to the magnanimous amount of work of a stay-at-home mom, but I'll give it a try anyway...
The work of a stay-at-home mom is like ... yep, can't even think of one good one.
Nevertheless, most of my adventures were with my dad. It wasn't until I became a dad myself that I realized these son-father excursions were often prompted behind the scenes from my mother. I can just picture her gently and lovingly suggesting to my father on a typical Saturday morning, "Honey, why don't you take these dear and wonderful boys... and don't come back for at least 6 hours!" My dad too had discovered the win-win-win of this arrangement ;-)
Oh, and if you can think of a good simile... by all means post it in a comment.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Win-Win-Win!
Hi, I'm Andrew. I am a son, a brother, a husband, and a dad.... who likes adventure... and who lives in Tennessee.
This blog was born out of my joy of parenting and healthy appetite for adventure. I've found that getting out of the house to explore, experience, and discover is energizing and fun. As a dad of toddlers, taking the kids "out and about" is fun for them, fun for me AND just so happens to be an EXCELLENT way to give my wife a break from the non-stop action :-) Win-win-win!
A little about me:
I grew up a California boy, exploring the beaches of Newport, the Mountains of Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead, and most anywhere in between with my dad and brother. I continued my adventures through college in the highly exploration worthy area of San Luis Obispo. Three years into college I began my greatest adventure when I married a sweet gal from Tennessee. I taught her to say things like "dude" and "sweet", and she taught me to say things like "y'all" and "all y'all". Before long we had a few little Towheads running around and made the decision to venture south. To The South that is. Good ol' Tennessee.
So why this blog and why now?
Early on in San Luis Obispo we picked up a copy of Jennifer Best's guide book "Best Family Adventures" (http://www.bestfamilyadventures.com/) which helped guide us to many awesome treasures of California's Central Coast.
When we arrived in Tennessee, I searched for something similar to help satisfy my explorative urges. Alas, not much was to be found. So, the thought struck me... why not make our own!
Here is the plan... I'll explore TN and post our family adventures. Perhaps you'll get excited about it and explore somewhere else in TN and we can share notes. Soon we'll have a worthy resource for dads, moms, and TN families to join in the win-win-win of getting out and discovering the nearby places just begging to be explored.
We are at square one! So if you have any good suggestions of places to check out, let me know!
This blog was born out of my joy of parenting and healthy appetite for adventure. I've found that getting out of the house to explore, experience, and discover is energizing and fun. As a dad of toddlers, taking the kids "out and about" is fun for them, fun for me AND just so happens to be an EXCELLENT way to give my wife a break from the non-stop action :-) Win-win-win!
A little about me:
I grew up a California boy, exploring the beaches of Newport, the Mountains of Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead, and most anywhere in between with my dad and brother. I continued my adventures through college in the highly exploration worthy area of San Luis Obispo. Three years into college I began my greatest adventure when I married a sweet gal from Tennessee. I taught her to say things like "dude" and "sweet", and she taught me to say things like "y'all" and "all y'all". Before long we had a few little Towheads running around and made the decision to venture south. To The South that is. Good ol' Tennessee.
So why this blog and why now?
Early on in San Luis Obispo we picked up a copy of Jennifer Best's guide book "Best Family Adventures" (http://www.bestfamilyadventures.com/) which helped guide us to many awesome treasures of California's Central Coast.
When we arrived in Tennessee, I searched for something similar to help satisfy my explorative urges. Alas, not much was to be found. So, the thought struck me... why not make our own!
Here is the plan... I'll explore TN and post our family adventures. Perhaps you'll get excited about it and explore somewhere else in TN and we can share notes. Soon we'll have a worthy resource for dads, moms, and TN families to join in the win-win-win of getting out and discovering the nearby places just begging to be explored.
We are at square one! So if you have any good suggestions of places to check out, let me know!
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