Swimming in the Pacific Ocean so soon after climbing in Glacier National Park and hiking in the desert punctuated how incredible this trip has been. Our hope had been that we would deepen our appreciation of nature and that the open-endedness of the trip would teach us to live more in the moment, avail ourselves […]
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The pace of our adventure accelerated through Utah. And it really accelerated when Clary was the driver (this is Robert writing again). After spending seven weeks in Montana and Wyoming acclimating to our non-Tar Heel surroundings, we had to make deliberate choices about our limited time in Utah. Who would have guessed that Vernal (population
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Clary gave me (Robert) a chance to post about Wyoming, so I thought I’d write a bit about our mindset and why we were able to pivot quickly towards this Western adventure. I should also note for you Tom Petty fans that I am taking some artistic liberties and moving non-linearly through the rest of
In the small fishing town of Ennis, MT we enjoyed the most social days we’ve had since the beginning of the pandemic. Finding ourselves in a mini HBS 10-year-reunion in a town of 900 people is just another thing I didn’t see coming in 2020. The Wannops and Grinnas are friends from our Boston days
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Over the last two weeks the four of us have learned to ease into giving a little bit more with each other: A little more grace, a little more humility, a little more forgiveness. In the past I tended to approach discipline in black and white. You break the rules, you lose privileges. I fear
It was a busy, fun week. No time for prose I’m afraid. This week will mostly be narration via captions. Suits me fine though. I can’t seem to decode what Petty’s The Dark of the Sun, the fifth track on Into the Great Wide Open, is all about (feel free to comment with ideas!) So
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“Two gunslingers, walked out in the streetAnd one said ‘I don’t wanna fight no more’And the other gunslinger thought about itAnd he said, ‘yeah what are we fighting for?’I’m takin’ control of my life,I’m takin’ control of my life…” Thursday, August 27, 2020, The Gray School officially registered as a homeschool in North Carolina. We
I had imagined this post to be the crown jewel of the Chronicles. I mean, Into The Great Wide Open is the title track of the Tom Petty album that inspired our Chronicles’ name for goodness sakes! (In case you haven’t noticed, our post titles follow Tom Petty’s Into The Great Wide Open album’s song
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“When the time gets right, I’m gonna pick you upAnd take you far way from trouble, my loveUnder a big old sky, out in a field of greenThere’s gotta be something left for us to believe.”-Tom Petty, Kings Highway Last week, we went to a dude ranch!Introducing our horses: “There is so much to love
We are creatures of habit. In the past, I’ve chosen to visit places in my free time that bring me comfort and make me feel safe. Visiting these places feels like coming home. This trip is not that. What I’m doing here is about expanding. Learning. Possibly more about myself and our family than the