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    Cleveland after dark

    by Kaylah Stroup July 1, 2014
    One day last week Jeff and I spent the whole day out exploring. I guess that’s not necessarily too out of the ordinary but it was definitely a great day. We started the morning with an abandoned train tunnel where I got my boots super dirty. I seriously had to scrub my toes for so long that night to get them clean, that was not regular old mud. Then we met up with a friend to check out some abandoned buildings. I took a ton of awesome photos that I can’t wait to share later this week. After a break to cool down and let the sun go down we went back out to do a little bit a climbing and capture some of the beauty Cleveland has to offer after dark.

    It was certainly a lot of fun. Climbing was an incredible experience. Seriously, so invigorating. Fingers crossed there is more of this in my future.

    This is really some of my very first night time photography. I’m not too experienced at all. I have a pretty good idea of how to take photos in the dark but I definitely need a bit more practice. All in all, for my first night time photos, I’m pretty darn stoked with how these turned out. 

    I also had Five Guys for the first time that day. Wow! But that’s
    neither here nor there but probably worth mentioning because once again,
    wow. Haha.
    xoxo

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  • tipis, arrows + a giant beetle!

    by Kaylah Stroup June 30, 2014

    I’m a huge fan of the Roadside America app, as you might have been able to tell since I mention it all the time. On this trip, I was constantly on it looking for things nearby. It seemed we were on the right route though because before I could even get directions to some of …

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  • Dinosaurs EVERYWHERE!

    by Kaylah Stroup June 26, 2014

    You know what one of my favorite things out West was? ALL THE DINOSAURS. Dinosaurs everywhere, man! I think if you’ve been following this blog for any amount of time you’d know that I love giant roadside attractions and dinosaurs are certainly one of my favorites.  The majority of the ones we found were in …

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