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Avocado Mousse – Perfect After Creole Dessert
After talking about my experiences learning from the Creole master, Paul Prudhomme, it was time to put my money where my mouth is. A Creole dinner for Dick and Pam […]
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For Car Guys! Top American Race Cars! Spoiler Alert – Chaparral 2E #1
As the story goes, Wendy and I were passing through Midland Texas and I had heard that the Jim Hall Chaparral wing of the Petroleum Industry Museum was about to open. So we stopped by… […]
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Augmented Reality – HyperZooming
I have been accused of many things in my life and one requiring comment is how bizarre my mind works. Pushing the envelope of HDR photography, my interest includes time-lapse with augmented reality applied. The latest challenge is hyperzooming time-lapse. Take a look at what has become my latest challenge to learn and master. […]
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Jory A Perfect 10 – A Chill Travelers Birthday
Jory restaurant at the Allison Inn gets a perfect score from the Chill Travelers. Perfect food, perfect service, entertaining, imaginative and friendly. A perfect place to celebrate Wendy’s birthday in style and comfort. […]
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Chill Travelers Review – Jim & Nick’s Bar-B-Q Concord NC
When you are in the Charlotte North Carolina are, Jim & Nick’s is by far one of the best BBQ places we have ever been to and that is saying a lot. We went back and back and back while attending the NASCAR All-Star Race. […]
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Sometimes You Have To Make Left Turns To Chill
Making left turns is part of our everyday life. And yes, three lefts make a right and you see a whole lot more. Eyes up and when it is right, everything falls into place. Read about a decision to avoid I-75 and what turned out to be a stellar weekend with new friends added […]
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Defining Moments – Rockets, Carlos Santana and Self-Actualization
Bob Root and Wendy Steele are Chill Travelers who chase defining moments in their nomadic lifestyle. This episode is about rockets, Carlos Santana and self-actualization. […]
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The Summer Tour Begins
This has been a uniquely demanding and interesting beginning of our annual summer tour. The business is growing again after a year long battle to regain dealers and end user confidence. Strange times indeed. […]
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How We Spent Christmas & A Porsche In Our Future?
A great philosopher named Hen3ry (the three is silent) once said that you can tell an imminent purchase by the size of the smile. Well, if Wendy’s smile is an indicator, there is a Porsche racing track car in our near future. […]
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The Assignment – At The Reagan Ranch
This is a story of how a birthday present turned into a historical photo assignment to document the Reagan Rancho del Cielo using HDR for the Presidential archives […]
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A Fancy Bird House? Not Quite
Scratch the surface a bit in Borrego Springs and you are likely to find a Nobel Prize winner, a former James Bond actor learning to paint landscapes, the sculpture of a serpent on the Avery (label company) ranch, a former New York advertising agency executive now doing off-road desert adventures and at least five or six authors. […]
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Happy Birthday Megan & Mason!
Megan and Mason you are now 11 and it is time to think about your future. Your birthday message? Grab the ball and run, run, run! The best gift that we can give you is some advice […]
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CNN and Terrorists
I have come to believe that CNN is a terrorist conspiracy to depress America and send us into eternal negativity. Well, maybe FOX News as well. Okay, NBC, ABC and CBS as well. Not Dianne […]
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California Overland Tours, Borrego Springs, California
Our time in Borrego Spring was a wonderful experience. We had the opportunity to meet some wonderful warm people. We always love to explore the areas we visit and this one particular area is new […]
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Balloons and Space Ships
October is quickly becoming a month of exploration for us. Early in each October is the International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This was our second year and we park on the balloon fiesta […]
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Another Summer In Newport…Oregon That Is!
There are few places in the US that you can chase 70 degrees during the summer months. The far southwest coast of Oregon is one of them. It is our choice for the summer months […]
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Traci’s Seattle Fun – Food – Friends
On our trip south from Canada we stopped in Seattle to visit our dear friend Traci. We arrived on a weekend that was forecast as sunny and warm….we thought Seattle Washington…Sunny and Warm? It was. […]
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The Benini Foundation – Galleries and Sculpture Ranch
Dateline: Johnson City Texas The Chrome Bull! Seems appropriate for the place Lyndon B Johnson called home. On a hard run from Kerrville Texas, where we were staying, to Austin Texas for a Saturday meeting, […]
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No Bad Days
What can you say when you have lost your best friend of 16+ years. Disney ,our ball of energy Bichon who traveled throughout the country with us, died on Valentine’s Day 2010. He was […]
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Happy Birthday Ronnie!
Happy 99th Birthday Ronnie! By Bob Root They say you can tell a lot about a person based on their birthday. Wendy’s mom, the Gypsy, introduced us to a Dutch book titled apply, “The Birthday […]
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Grizzly In Sheepskins!
When we built the Grizzly, we had the option of adding some special RV style driver and passenger seats. We opted to stay with the standard Freightliner Cascadia seats because, they came with the truck […]
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Black Sky in New Mexico
Bob & Wendy’s Galactic Adventures at Spaceport America Near Las Cruces New Mexico by Bob Root New Mexico, The Land of Enchantment the license plates and signs say! As the Christmas Holiday approaches […]
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Intersting People: A 1948 Studebaker and Pat
Interesting People: Along the Way in El Capitan California We like to say that “You Have To Go First” to me interesting people. It is true for us! We are just off of a grueling […]