travel on Lucas Freeman

Hittin’ 100k on the back roads of Tennessee

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 22:45:24 -0500

Finally out of Texas

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:17:59 -0500

Brunch stop then back on the road

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 11:19:08 -0500

My absolute favourite BBQ place on the planet.

Made sure to snag a few pounds of brisket to take back home to the family 🍖

📍 Miller's Smokehouse
https://maps.app.goo.gl/gmwju3ANcKbs2t2G6?g_st=atm

Austin, TX - > Scottsville, KY

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:03:40 -0500

Have Mercy

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 22:32:58 -0500

🎳

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:40:08 -0500

🚂

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 08:46:49 -0500

2nd and last gas stop for today

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:33:04 -0500

The 38 gallon tank on the Tundra doesn't mess around.

A few quick pics with the Fuji before I hit the road again

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:59:27 -0500

Seems I took a wrong turn somewhere and ended up in the 1830s

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:43:19 -0500

https://nlr.ar.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/parks/old-mill/

🐘

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:15:02 -0500

Southbound and Down

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 08:01:53 -0500

KY - > TX

🎶 I’m gonna hit that 4 leg runway and get her off the ground 🎶

Family Vacation 2025 - Day 5

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:55:00 -0500

King's island

Morning Yoga

Riding the "big" rides

New play area

played til he dropped

weed picking

A great way to end our trip

Family Vacation 2025 - Day 4

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:22:00 -0500

Relaxing day at the Lodge in between the Zoo and Kings Island

crafts

The nicer restaurant in the Lodge

Family Vacation 2025 - Day 3

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:25:00 -0500

Zoo Day!

housing some grub before the zoo

enjoying our room balcony

Zoo Lunch - Grippos fries

Had some cool photo bombers 😄

wiped out

Family Vacation 2025 - Day 2

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:31:00 -0500

Magic + Arcade + Lots of time at the pool and indoor water park

Started the day with a good Breakfast!

Morning Yoga

Magiquest in the Hotel hallways

pool side drinks

More magic

Ice cream truck

Fletcher was not about the characters

Ellie gave hugs

Water Park Dinner

More magic before bed - watching the dance party below

Family Vacation 2025 - Day 1

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 10:36:00 -0500

Started out at Buc-ee's in Smiths Grove

Didnt make it long - read himself to sleep

Tried hard to stay awake…

…but went down hard

Traffic took us through some back roads

Made it to Mason, OH to the Great Wolf Lodge

Took to the water park like a fish

Did every single water slide at the lodge

Being a ham

Bedtime story

Activities each day

Dance party before bed

Dreaming about day 2 before bed

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Mon, 16 Jun 2025 11:52:00 -0500

Home away from home for a few days ⛺

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 15:00:00 -0500

Fletcher and I explored Cumberland falls while Ellie, Meg, and friends got a much closer look

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 13:05:00 -0500

🌉

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:55:00 -0500

🌉

Wed, 07 May 2025 15:50:00 -0500

☕

Wed, 07 May 2025 08:49:00 -0500

Chinatown San Francisco Photo Walk

Tue, 06 May 2025 21:47:00 -0500

👨‍💻💳

Tue, 06 May 2025 08:38:00 -0500

https://stripesessions.com/

San Francisco - Day 1

Mon, 05 May 2025 21:36:00 -0500

🚌🛩️

Mon, 05 May 2025 04:30:00 -0500

Henderson Kentucky mini photo walk

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:56:00 -0500

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henderson,_Kentucky

🎳

Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:00:00 -0500

So Ducking Adorable 🦆

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:10:00 -0500

Austin photo dump while I wait for my flight 📷

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 12:07:00 -0500

Moody Neon Nights 🏮

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 23:01:00 -0500

Late night photo walk with my coworker in Austin, TX.

Both of us shooting with Fujifilm gear.

Was a blast!

Is it another planet or Austin TX?

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:13:00 -0500

https://maps.app.goo.gl/sxKD8W28H3Rn4ZMF7

A fun filled day at the Creative Discovery Museum

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:06:00 -0500

Tennessee Aquarium & Fried Chicken

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 10:03:00 -0500

Late night light show 🎃

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 22:10:00 -0500

Ellie has been struggling with settling at the hotel at night. So we hit up the choo choo Halloween light show and she danced til she dropped.

Train rides and pinball machines

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 10:09:00 -0500

Rock City 🪨⛰️

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 10:12:00 -0500

1400 miles in 35 hours with my dad to pick up a rare special order 1966 Ford Galaxie & goodies

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 10:20:00 -0500

My old man ran up on a Facebook Marketplace ad for this car early in the week. A 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 XL with the original 390 4bl engine and 4 speed in a odd color we had not seen.

The more we researched, the more it was clear he had to get this car. I did some digging on my end to figure more out on the color from an original 1966 Ford sales book. This color was a Thunderbird only color, so it was for sure special ordered. Sapphire blue. There are very few of these in the internet.

I talked to the owner around lunch Friday to hash out the plans. He broke the news that the front wheel had fell off going like 10mph when he took someone for a test drive a couple days ago. He was bummed, and sent us photos of the damage.

This kind of news would deter most, but we knew what he had was special and also knew its fairly easy to snag another one. It also is a nice price bargaining chip.
While we were talking he also said, "hey you are a Ford guy, any interest in another engine too?" He then shoots me a picture of a beautiful 390.

These pulled from a car, not running, and torn into pieces can go for around $1000. This one is dolled up, rebuilt, and lots of upgrades. Peaked our interest, but knew this was most likely a 2k to 3k build and not something we would snag. We finally sorted all the details out with the seller and went to get a local auto hauler with about 10 minutes to spare before they closed. We headed out from U-Haul around 6p CST Friday and planned to drive to Morgantown WV to get a few hours sleep from Bowling Green KY. After dinner and gas stops we made it to the hotel around 3a EST.

We both got around 3 hours sleep, then continued the trek to Laurel, MD Due to needing a notary for out of state vehicles, and it being Saturday, we had a tight schedule. We made it to the seller's house around 11:30a EST Saturday. Nearly his entire properly was fenced in by a patchwork fence. After chatting with him, checking the car out, and getting on a similar page, we looked at the extra engine. He pulled out a 4 speed toploader, a rear end, and a bundle of parts. After it was all said and done, Dad bought it all for what the car price was. Seller needed to clean out due to retiring to Florida.

On the way home, I dropped in on my coworker who lived 30 min from the car. Had a chance to checkout his project truck too.

I made it home around 3:30a Sunday. 1400 miles, 35 hours later, and a walking zombie.
Now its prep time to get our cars ready for the Holley FordFest coming in a couple weeks! I told dad to throw a band aid sticker on the fender for now and call it good.

How to turn a 10 hour trip into 24 hours

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:38:00 -0500

Dad and I set out at 9a Sunday from U-hual to pick up a parts car for our other projects. After the frame and front windshield.

We made it to the guys house at 2:30p I crawled under the car to check the frame and its pristine. Windshield was also perfect. Paid him $600 with a smile.

Took us almost 3 hours to get this turd on the trailer. Rear end was completely locked up and that makes it pretty tricky to load one, even with the 5k winch we had it was a task. At the end we snagged the seller to use his tractor to get the rear end on the trailer better.

Done and on the road. We were about 4 hours from home, ETA was ~ 930p

Stopped at Buccee's to fill up and check everything. Seemed to be set

We made it about 45 minutes before one of the U-Haul tires completely imploded. Luckily we were able to get off at a exit and off the road

No biggie, U-hual offers roadside assistance (it was in fact a biggie) 2 hours later roadside reached us

He worked for about 20 minutes then told us, "Oops I grabbed the wrong size tire, I have to go back to the shop" 🤦 Asked him how long that would be and he said, "40 minutes tops." Since we were kinda SOL, we set and wait. Road side dude left his expensive airjack and all under the trailer so we figured he'd come back....right....? He did not in fact come back. Reached back out to U-Haul after another 2 hours and told them to figure it out. They had another one heading my way, but at least an hour out. Second roadside assistance dude pulls up. Super nice, on top of things, and done in like 7 minutes. We were finally back on the road. We yanked the car off the trailer at around 4a at my parents. I dropped off the U-Haul trailer with the sunrise around 530a

I pulled into my driveway at around 7a... While this was not an adventure I'd want to do again, stoked to have a pristine frame for my blue 2 door, 1966 Ford LTD!

Lunch in Lexington

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 08:20:00 -0500

📍 Stella’s Kentucky Deli

Las Vegas 2024 photo dump

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:25:00 -0500

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Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:31:00 -0500

🌸

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:30:00 -0500

Hello there Vegas

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:32:00 -0500

Birmingham Zoo on the way back from the beach

Mon, 27 May 2024 15:36:00 -0500

Panama City Beach (pt. 4)

Mon, 27 May 2024 12:38:00 -0500

Panama City Beach (pt. 3)

Sat, 25 May 2024 20:39:00 -0500

Panama City Beach (pt. 2)

Fri, 24 May 2024 20:44:00 -0500

Panama City Beach (pt. 1)

Thu, 23 May 2024 20:47:00 -0500

Pit stop 🦫

Sun, 19 May 2024 20:48:00 -0500

VW is pulling almost 28mpg even with the roof box.

A must stop location when in Lexington

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:40:00 -0500

Boston - PAX East - Day 6

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 11:16:00 -0500

Boston - PAX East - Day 5

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 11:12:00 -0500

Sunday vibes 🧋

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 11:07:00 -0500

Boston - Salem - PAX East - Day 4

Sat, 23 Mar 2024 11:06:00 -0500

Boston - PAX East - Day 3

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 09:12:00 -0500

How’s my hair?

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 09:07:00 -0500

Boston - PAX East - Day 2

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:04:00 -0500

Boston - PAX East - Day 1

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:51:00 -0500

📸 - Nikon F2

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 11:11:00 -0500

🔭 - Vivitar Wide-Angle 21mm f/3.8
🎞️ - Kodak 400

📱 - Motorola Maxx XT1225

Fri, 03 Apr 2015 11:27:00 -0500

📱 - Motorola Maxx XT1225

Thu, 02 Apr 2015 11:27:00 -0500