Paddling the Harpeth River, Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville has had some float-errific days recently so you know what that means– paddle time! A few months ago I kayaked on Percy Priest Lake, but this adventure was a 9-mile kayak/SUP trip down the Harpeth River in west Nashville, Tennessee. Check out the first batch of photos below. Posting more soon, so come back to see more 🙂

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check back soon for more photos from this trip!

-Out of the Wilderness

In-game slam dunks I may not ever forget

The top dunk for me will always be Michael Jordan breaking in after a Scottie Pippen free throw. Out of nowhere Jordan pops in the picture and leaps up to slam dunk the missed foul shot. It was amazing.

I almost can’t even finish this post because just… wow. But I won’t leave you hanging like that. Here is another one from a few weeks ago from Lebron James. Go to 0:50 in this video. He has a couple of alley-oops in this clip, but the dunk in the middle is the one I’ll remember.

Now this last one is from the mid-90s. A college player named Bob Sura played for Florida State University and I’ll never forget the particular game when, on two breakaways, Bob Sura dunked one-handed with his right hand. Then on his next breakway, dunked one-handed with his left hand. I was in awe. Hopefully I can find the clip. Standby…

OK, here’s a right handed dunk at 1:06:15.

OK, I can’t find the left-handed dunk but in my defense this was before the internet so it’s difficult to find!!

Wrapping up, those are my top 3 most memorable dunk moments. Do you have any favorites? If so, comment below!

-Out of the Wilderness

Who’s the dude in “More Than My Hometown” video by Morgan Wallen

Morgan Wallen and his mullet are making country music fans everywhere very, very happy. It’s the mullet, sure, but also the music. Well, great music is often accompanied by great music videos… like this one, Morgan’s latest video directed by Justin Clough.

[Morgan Wallen blacklisted from country music? Is this hypocrisy? Click here for more]

Keen eyes will notice the church is the same one featured in the Hardy video “Give Heaven Some Hell,” also directed by Justin Clough. Wallen and Hardy are connected in more than one way, though, as “More Than My Hometown” was co-written by Michael Hardy.

But aside from Morgan and his mullet, there’s another actor with a mullet who folks are interested in.

Aaron Babcock stars in Morgan Wallen’s music video “More Than My Hometown”

The lead actor in this video is Aaron Babcock. He’s a young actor with 2 film credits on IMDB so far. Here is a screenshot of his background, check out more from his management’s site here.

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to follow these creative and talented folks on their social channels!

Aaron Babcock website

Morgan Wallen Twitter

Morgan Wallen Instagram

Justin Clough website

Hardy Twitter

-Out of the Wilderness

Garmin, in the nick of time

I posted a few weeks ago about how I was really wanting the Garmin Forerunner 245 and now that I’ve had it for a few weeks I can look back and see how well the timing worked out. I pulled the trigger on a refurbished watch because the Vivoactive watch I had used for years was acting funky. That watch actually came back to life for a little while, but then it just died completely. It had about 50% power one day and then it just shut off, never to power on again.

PIctured is my new Forerunner and easily my favorite feature is the addition of Spotify playlists. If I’m going to reach my goal of running 250 miles and walking 250 miles in 2020 I need a GPS watch… and having music come directly from the watch is so, so nice. I don’t have to carry around a phone on my runs/walks. Seriously, it’s a big deal. Lugging a phone on a run is not only a nuisance, but I found that my phone case was getting sweat inside which might have very well played a huge role in why I had to get a new phone.

But conspiracies aside, I love the new watch with all its nice functions. And Garmin is awesome enough that they’re sending me another Vivoactive at a discounted price, as a one time courtesy. So very courteous of them! 🙂

Do you use a smart watch to track your runs/walks/workouts? If so, which one and have you been pleased with it?

-Out of the Wilderness

Songs called “Who Am I” or close to it

Well, I’ll spoil this real quick: there aren’t a lot of well-known songs titled “Who Am I” but Needtobreathe, one of my favorite bands, has a new album and one track is, yep you guessed it, “Who Am I”…

This isn’t the first song with that title, of course. Here’s a list of a few other songs with the exact same title, and a few that are dangerously close.

Elvis Presley “Who Am I”

Casting Crowns “Who Am I”

SpongeBob SquarePants “Who Am I?”

Jessica Andrews “Who I Am”

The Score “Who I Am”

This is a bit of a stretch, but I’ve also included Timbaland “The Way I Are”

Thanks for stopping by!

-Out of the Wilderness