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Mathew Burns. #Travel narratives for big trips. SITE: Baseball road trips & European journeys. LAST: Eastern Midwest Baseball, Sardinia. 2025: Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip, Yellowstone-Tetons. ALSO: UX director, former journalist

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Here is the story ABC World News Tonight did last night on my ballpark and travel journey with my dad as a Father's Day segment. Surreal!

#WMWRoadTrip #20ballparks21days

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Video Father's Day story about bonding through baseball
Mathew Burns and his father, Tom, are out on their fifth annual baseball road trip, born out of a love for the spirit of the Minor League.
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Hey folks, my friend Ethan Bryan is running a 30 Days of Catch challenge this month ("Throwvember") to help men connect and fight depression/anxiety. He will be playing catch and raising money to support the Community Partnership of the Ozarks

Learn more or donate at ethanbryan.com/throwvember-...
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
October 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
In Las Vegas this weekend for a wedding. First time in more than 15 years! #travel
October 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
We spent our last day in Yellowstone National Park lmk looking for wildlife in the Hayden and Lamar valleys. Great, long, close look at a grizzly, juvenile red-tailed hawk (we think), bison, a pronghorn herd, plus a black wolf! #travel
October 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and its two falls looking nice today from several viewpoints along the north and south rims. #travel
September 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Morning after a light rain in the Hayden Valley at Yellowstone National Park. Saw a bald eagle and two grizzlies as well! #travel
September 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
More geysers and pools in the Old Faithful Basin yesterday afternoon at Yellowstone National Park #travel
September 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We saw Old Faithful do its thing today. More impressive than expected! #travel
September 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Fountain Paint Pot Trail and Black Sand Basin this morning at Yellowstone National Park. #travel
September 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
First stop in Yellowstone National Park today: Grand Prismatic Spring, above and up close. #travel
September 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
We did a private wildlife photography tour today focused on the Lamar Valley in @YellowstoneNPS. Hundreds of bison, dozens of elk, a pack of 8 wolves, a grizzly, a black bear, three mountain goats, several pronghorn, several mule deer, a couple of trumpeter swans, and a coyote #travel
September 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
A solo bison walking on a sandbar today along Lake Yellowstone in @YellowstoneNPS #travel
September 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Fantastic horseback ride from Jackson Lake Lodge in @GrandTetonNPS this morning, highlighted by a panoramic vista of Oxbow Bend and the Snake River in glittering fall colors. #travel
September 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Why did the bison cross the road, and then cross back again? Morning in Grand Teton National Park. #travel
September 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We made it up early enough to enjoy sunrise on our anniversary at Grand Teton National Park. Gorgeous! #travel
September 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Dinner tonight at Gather in Jackson, Wyoming: an incredible butternut squash soup, buttermilk fried chicken over 3-cheese mac-and-cheese with a hot sauce and pickled onions/peppers, and an excellent bison brisket with elk chorizo hash and a fried duck egg. #foodie #travel
September 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Two moose sightings along Gros Ventre Road in Grand Teton National Park today: first a bull moose across a shallow river, then a family of three lounging in the shade. #travel
September 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Enjoying another beautiful morning with the Tetons! #travel
September 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Wyoming Cowboy Pops (braised beef short rib), plus excellent trout and salmon dishes tonight at The Whistling Grizzly in Jackson, Wyoming. #travel #foodie
September 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Fall colors along the Snake River and its many tributaries today in Grand Teton National Park. #travel
September 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Bears in a tree! Moose chilling in a stream! Elk grazing near a mountain lily pond!

Today in Grand Teton National Park. #travel
September 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Jackson Point Overlook, with a view over Jackson Lake toward the Teton Range #travel
September 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Morning at Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National Park. (The boat wasn’t running but we’ll be back) #travel
September 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Dinner at The Blue Lion in Jackson, WY: French onion soup with veal broth and Swiss; stuffed mushrooms with crab, cream cheese, and courvoisier stuffing; elk bolognese; and beef tenderloin. Key Lime pie topped it off! #travel #foodie
September 24, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Blacktail Ponds Overlook, overlooking tributaries to the Snake River, with Grand Teton in the distance and rutting elk in the shadows. #travel
September 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM