Blog - Shortleaf

Basketball

Feb 26, 2016 | My Thoughts On... | 0 |

With the Bears season winding it’s way down, I decided to catch a game. We had...

Climbing Mt. Leconte

Jan 11, 2016 | Mountain Climbs, Photography, Places I Go | 2 |

One of my goals for our trip to the Smokies was to find some time and climb a mountain....

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Jan 9, 2016 | Featured, Photography, Places I Go, USA | 1 |

We went to the Smoky Mountains, a national park that I have oddly enough never visited. Being...

Fall Creek Falls

Jan 4, 2016 | Photography, Places I Go, Rural America, USA | 0 |

Between Christmas and New Years, we headed out of town with my wife’s parents for a few days...

Fall Colors

Nov 2, 2015 | Uncategorized | 0 |

Fall is not only the best time to be out taking photographs, but it’s also the best time to...

I’ve been meaning to post this photo for awhile. Several mornings in a row I was greeted with amazing sunrises. They were all different but equally inspiring to wake up to. Naturally I grabbed my phone and took a...

Walnut Bottoms Trail

Oct 5, 2015 | Joplin/4-States | 2 |

Over the past couple months I have been getting involved with an emerging trail project in...

Prairie State Park

Sep 13, 2015 | Day / Weekend Trips, Joplin/4-States, Photography, Rural America | 2 |

Saturday the weather was perfect to be outside so we packed up a lunch and took our girls for an outing at Prairie State Park. There are lots of state parks within easy driving distance from here, but this is one of the...

Biking Mountain Style

Aug 6, 2015 | Day / Weekend Trips, Rural America | 0 |

Anyone that knows me knows that I love riding my bike. I am always in search of a good trail or stretch of road to cruise down. This past week I had a little spare time after an insurance conference in Branson and decided to...

Ozarks Underground

Jul 13, 2015 | Day / Weekend Trips, Photography, Rural America | 1 |

I recently had some family visiting from out of state who wanted to do some “Missouri”...