Author Archives: Joe Cummings

About Joe Cummings

Aquarius. Traveler. Gamer. Writer. A New Parent. 4 of these things are easy. One is not. But the journey is that much better for the new people in my life. A life I want to share with others, to help them, maybe, to make them feel less alone, sure, to connect with the greater world, absolutely.

Wet and Wild Waterslides

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Joe Cummings

Think you’re not getting old? Try a day at the waterslides. Or half a day. In an effort to make the summer of 2015, the bestestest summer of all time, we embarked on a day at the water park. Cultus … Continue reading →

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Magic Moments While Traveling

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Joe Cummings

Confession time. I like to organize things. Perhaps too much. If I could, I would even organize the magic moments of life, you know, so I could have a camera ready to capture that moment, or at least not be … Continue reading →

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Joe’s 3 Theories of Summer Camping

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Joe Cummings

After 3 days of camping, BBQs and lots of hot sun, I have come up with 3 important theories. There are those who will argue I came up with them after a mild case of heat stroke or after drinking … Continue reading →

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The Great River Trek

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Joe Cummings

Every great trip needs a great adventure. Something out of the ordinary. Something where I’d say, afterwards, that I just HAD to try it. For us, that was a rafting trip down the river , done like voyageurs of old. Or like Burt … Continue reading →

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The Biggest Danger of Camping

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Joe Cummings

For most people, the biggest danger of camping is bears or falling trees or if you’re a teenager, some ax-wielding madman in a hockey mask. For me, the biggest danger has to be that I’m out in the wilderness and … Continue reading →

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The Great Camping Trip of 2015

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Joe Cummings

Ok, let’s be clear. It wasn’t really hard-core camping. We weren’t going to have to sleep in tents. We didn’t have to hunt squirrels and cook them on an open fire with sticks. We didn’t have to poop in the woods … Continue reading →

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I Have A Dream – Stepdad Adventures

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Joe Cummings

I had a dream last night. A happy, wonderful dream. I dreamed that the boys listened to every word I said like I was Moses preaching from Mt Sinai. Or Spongebob talking about poop. “Joe, Tell us, again, how WW2 started … Continue reading →

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Stepdad Adventures – Destroy it and they will come

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Joe Cummings

Getting the boys away from their video games and You Tube movies is like yanking a fly off of flypaper after it’s been embedded in amber. So it was, very much to my surprise, that something odd happened on the … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Step-daddying – Cutting It Short

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Joe Cummings

There are rites of passage we all must go through. First walk to school alone. First dance. First job. But somewhere in-between them all is first garden chore. Back in my day, I had a briggs and stratton gas mower, old-fashioned … Continue reading →

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Derpy Sus – Part 2 – Aka wtf?

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Joe Cummings

In on-going effort to keep current, to be able to understand what The Oldest is saying (or by saying it myself, totally take away the cool factor), I looked into this whole You Tube video phenomenon. It’s not like You … Continue reading →

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