Big Nut's Ramblings Posts

June 14, 2017

A few days ago a “memory” showed up on my Facebook feed. It was from five years ago at the start of our first summer here at Journey Quest — the day I guided my first guests down the Arkansas…

December 29, 2014

Merry (slightly belated) Christmas and happy New Year! As 2014 draws to a close I wanted to take you through a quick photo journey to share with you a few highlights from my year. I’ll let the photos do most…

September 23, 2014

“What are our options,” I asked Mark, “if I don’t want to run this?” We were on the shore scouting Granite Rapid in the Grand Canyon – the largest rapid I’d ever considered running. Our timing put us there at…

August 15, 2014

Hope you’re doing well…we had a great summer at Journey Quest and I can’t wait to tell you more about it! I’m headed out today to raft the Grand Canyon! Super excited right now for 16 days to enjoy God’s…

March 14, 2014

It’s been a busy winter for Journey Quest and we’re working like crazy to get ready for this summer, but I’ll write about that and some other breaking news in another post I’m working on. In the meantime, here’s a…

March 12, 2014

For over a year I’ve served as an EMT with Ark River EMS, now stationed about a mile away from Journey Quest’s headquarters in Texas Creek. I’ve been working two or three 24-hour shifts per week, but since we average…

September 26, 2013
September 17, 2013

It’s strange how God works sometimes. But here we were, back at the same place on the rocky shore of a beautiful lake in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. When I was last here about a year and a half…

May 26, 2013

After a busy spring and a lot of office time, we started our training about two weeks ago. It is great to be outside again, exploring God’s creation and training staff to minister in it! I’m really excited about this…

May 26, 2013

I don’t understand people who can find time to write blog posts every day…I’m lucky if I can write one per month, or as it appears lately, one per 6 months…One would think I’ve not been doing anything, wouldn’t they?…