Goobs Slush Motorsports Festival Coverage
Since I’ve been an adult, this has been my favorite trip. For one, this is the first time Jason and I have met up since 2017 that wasn’t a funeral. This was also the first time my toddler would meet her cousins and possibly remember it. Until now, she has been an infant or potato baby. Jason has 4 kids of his own. So it really was a party!
I never thought I’d take my 87 year old grandmother on a road trip around the country. -Jason
Black Hills National Forest
Mt Rushmore National Memorial
Mt. Rushmore was really neat to see in person, it was both larger and smaller than I expected. Ruby, Maple, and I walked down one of the trails a bit. We made sure to stop and read some signs along the way. Together our family managed to get a picture together. The group of us spans most of 5 generations!
Custer State Park
Custer State Park was my favorite stop of the trip. We drove the Needles Highway and stopped at Sylvan Lake to hike the Sunday Gulch Trail.
The Sunday Gulch Trail is a little over 1 mile but it is a loop. Most of the trail is compact dirt and gravel that is easy on the joints. However there are 3 small sections of stairs. 1 of the stair sections is a bit rough and unusual to follow. Nothing too steep.
There were a ton of places to climb along this trail. I noticed some great areas to free climb and some loops drilled in for the folks with the ropes. On the back side of the loop you end up below the lakes water level and get a beautiful waterfall!
Wind Cave National Park
Unfortunately the cave tours were not available when we arrived. Instead we collected our Passport Stamp and continued to explore this part of the park by road.
Crazy Horse
Due to our busy schedule, I was not able to get up close to Crazy Horse. However I did see it from the parking lot. Getting up close is now on my bucket list.
Badlands National Park
Wall Drug
I remember seeing a road-side sign somewhere in Wyoming. It was along Highway 85 from Chyenne towards Torrington. Ever since, I’ve jokingly said,
Wall Drug, It’s Cool!
probably 100 times. I don’t know why I thought it was so funny, but it stuck. Little did I know Wall Drug was a real place in Wall, South Dakota. Turns out Jason had been back in the 1990s when he was in High School. Our group of 10 ate, walked the store, and got some ice water!
Resources
See more images from this trip in my Nikon Image Space Gallery
Above is a Google Maps embed with the entrance to Sylvan Lake.
2025
I Created GoobyDesk
Reflecting on my open-source project GoobyDesk.
Images from the Greece DLC
Screenshots from exploring Greece, In the southern Balkan Peninsula.
Importing a custom Minecraft Bedrock world into Realms.
How-To Import a custom world into Singleplayer, then Realms using Minecraft Bedrock Edition.
My Brother Alex
Remebering Alex
2024
Alondra and Aaliyah Obituary
Remebering Alondra and Aaliyah
Guide to ADS-B
Matt’s Guide to ADS-B and PiAware.
Around The Sun 2024
I had something to say, until I didn’t.
Guide to FRS Radio
Matt’s Guide to FRS and GRMS Radio.
Guide to CB Radio - 11 Meter
Matt’s Guide to CB Radio
Secure Your Linux Box
Matt’s Guide to Securing a Linux Box for Production.
Deploying NextCloud AIO at Home
My Experience deploying the NextCloud AIO Docker Image at Home.
My Website Architecture
Quick overview of my websites architecture.
Exploring Glacier National Park
One Night in Glacier NP - 2024
Images from the Nebraska DLC
Exploring and capturing the scenery in American Truck Simulator, Nebraska DLC
Sail High Seas Safely!
how-to be safe while downloading linux isos.
Jackson-Faulkner Family Trip 2024
Exploring South Dakota with the Jacksons.
Serving Up WebP instead of PNG
How I reduced my home page 610 percent.
Javascript Cat!
how-to add oneko.js to the minimal-mistakes jekyll template.
Growing Cannabis Notes
My personal running notes for growing cannabis.
SMB Mount Errors found in dmesg
Dealing with CIFS errors between TrueNAS and Debian.
Bounce a Juniper Switchport
how-to bounce a Juniper JunOS switchport.
Fixing apt error, ‘list of sources could not be read’
how-to fix ‘the list of sources could not be read.’ when using apt.
Basic Network Troubleshooting
how-to troubleshoot a home network, by a Network Engineer.
Moving to Caddy
Moving my webserver from OpenLiteSpeed to Caddy
Could Not Resolve Error in apt
how-to resolve, could not resolve packages.adoptium.net
Responding to XZ-Utils Vulnerability
how-to validate XZ-Utils impact.
Ninite is Awesome
How and Why I use Ninite
Certbot Renewal on OpenLiteSpeed
Manually renewing Certbot on OpenLiteSpeed
YABS Results
Yet Another Benchmark Results
Basic Linux Administration
Linux Basics and Core Concepts by Matt F.
How to Setup and Manage a Web Domain
how-to Buy and Manage a Web Domain
Learn Linux in 5 Days
My Udemy Course Completion Certification.
2013 Scion FRS Service Manual
Scion FRS Service Manual Download and Sources
My Discord Server
My Discord Server Widget
Migrating to BunnyCDN
How I moved from QUIC.Cloud to BunnyNet CDN.
2023
99.99% Uptime Goal for 2024
My High Uptime Plan for 2024.
Magic The Gathering Notes
Personal notes for Magic the Gathering
HTML Hobbiest Webring
HTML Hobbiest Webring Landing Page/Post
Ditching WordPress
Method of Procedure for migrating from WordPress to plain HTML.
W900 Tuning Pack
W900 Tuning Pack DLC Review.
Goodbye Google Domains
Google Domains is Ending.
Experience OpenLiteSpeed
Deep dive into OpenLiteSpeed webserver.
Struggles with Jekyll and Cloudflare Pages
how-to resolve my Jekyll/Cloudflare Pages deployment error.
Mom Said Redefine Success
In High School I had one dream that stands out. Own a Porsche by the time I was 26. Looking back, I have no idea where this dream came from; because I was ra...
Cow Town Hoe Down - 2023
Personal ramblings about my new town.
Knowledge Sharing
Knowledge Filled PDF Bundle
Jellyfin Guide for Friends and Family
how-to Jellyfun.
My ProtonMail Review
ProtonMail Review - 1 Year
2022
Managing Pi-Hole - A Guide for Beginners in 2022
how-to manage Pi-Hole.
Matt’s Desktop Build in 2022
My new Gaming PC. Its boring but it’ll do.
Ad-Blocking on the Go using Pi-Hole and Pi-VPN in the Cloud
how-to setup Pi-Hole and Wireguard on Linode.
How To Change The Hostname of a Raspberry Pi
how-to update the hostname of a Raspberry Pi.
2021
Using A Raspberry Pi Zero To Host a VPN Server
Can a Raspberry Pi Zero host a family VPN Server? Yes.
Logitech G413 Carbon - Keyboard Review
Logitech G413 Keyboard review.
Razer Huntsman Mini - My First Keyboard Review
Razer Huntsman Mini review.
Weekend with the Bois - June 2021 Video
YouTube video cruising through Colorado!
PiAware - One Month of Ownership
Ramblings about PiAware after one month of operation.
Setup a Headless Raspberry Pi - For Beginners
Guide to setup a Raspberry Pi from start to finish!
Setting the Timezone on your Raspberry Pi 4
Guide to configuring the Timezone on a Raspberry Pi.