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    Building on Raw Land: Excavation and Equipment

    August 18, 2020 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    It’s been both an eventful two months since our last post, while also being a frustratingly slow two months… with excavation finally starting on the house and garage; turns out the excavation was the easy part, as getting the footer and basement walls formed and poured took the best of

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    Golden Hour

    Stop 133: The Road Home

    April 30, 2020 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    The last stops on our 2.5-year road trip are a mix of overnight layovers and 2-night stopovers, as we strategically make our way during the Covid Crisis from Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains to Eastern Washington, just north of Spokane. It has been a bizarre and crazy drive — with campgrounds

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    Shenandoah National Park

    Stop 132: Oh Virginia! Blue Ridge Beautiful

    April 9, 2020 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    It was a bit risky given the current circumstances and panic over Covid-19, but we were determined to make a quick dash into Virginia and end this 2.5-year road trip as planned, albeit a few weeks early… visiting the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah National Park before turning westward and

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    George LeStrange Preserve

    Stop 119: Fun in Florida… Part One

    January 2, 2020 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We returned to Florida almost exactly two years since we last visited the state when Jen was attending a residency for her master’s degree. It is still hot and humid — but better than being caught in a blizzard with our travel trailer! Florida is amazingly state #44 for us;

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    Hansen Hilltop Haven

    Stop 37: We Beat Amazon in Finding our New Headquarters!

    July 19, 2018 JenRan Uncategorized One comment

    While Amazon is still working to narrow the list of cities for its new headquarters, we are happy to report we have accomplished that task! Our new EmpoweringSites.com headquarters — including home to this blog — will be located just outside of Spokane, Washington. We will be adding infrastructure to

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