Our music project is called Traces Left. We write and record original songs. Here is a demo of a song called Across The Room. Lyrics by Melody Parker. Music composition by Clint Parker. Please enjoy and

This is how we cope with bad storms. Instead of getting all muddy and wet we decided to stay in this week and work on some of our original songs. We really enjoy the open mic scene here in Austin. The

Becoming a musician can change lives. Not only for one's self, but for anyone who is around to experience the passion and charisma that goes into performing original songs on stage. We have recently been

The Pedernales River offers incredible options for camping, hiking and fishing. It's also a wonderful place to spend halloween night if you are brave enough. All music and video by @stateparkers All

We call this a love story. This photo was taken by Melody Parker, my wife as she was driving herself to New Mexico to pick up her daughter. Not only is it a really cool shot, but there is a lot of significance

I saw #Endgame this morning. That scene where Indiana Jones punches Howard the Duck in the face kills me.

Video and origional music by @stateparkers The title of this video is true, but we weren't really getting in trouble. I had forgotten that my knife was attached to the shoulder strap of my backpack. The

Music and video by @stateparkers

How To Find Joy In Bad Experiences

Hey! Nice Toyota. Mind if I check out the interior? Manual transmission, huh? Interesting... Ever consider cleaning your shit? Photos by Melody Parker #meme #birds #comedy #overlander #funny #comic #beauty

Today is a day of family gatherings and great times for the wonderful children to run around making messes and feeling pure joy. We hope you and your family are having quality time together. Hopefully

The beauty. The sounds. The adventure. Never in our lives have we been able to enjoy so many things in one city on any given day. All photos by @stateparkers #texas #austintexas #adventure #home #photography

Every now and then things can go horribly wrong. Especially when adventure awaits. But, we always say...."it's not an adventure until things start to go wrong". That's not entirely true, but

We ended a rough year with a much needed adventure. Things went wrong at times, but we made the best of it. Happy New Year! Audio quality on this video has it's ups and downs. Some of the footage and sound

Yes, we love making adventure videos, but now and then we come across a moment where we can't help but to film some cooking videos. Melody is the cook in our household and she is a darn fine one at that.

Living in Texas has it's charm. Having the unique opportunities to leave the state now and then is what truly makes us happy. We are State Parkers and our goal in life is to #travel #camp #hike #explore

A two part series we created as a way to let the world know about one of the best hiking experiences a person can have in the great state of Texas. "Go hike to the top of Texas", they said. "It

Texas has been under the attack of many dangerous storms for the past year. It's been one of our rainiest and stormiest years in a long time. As beautiful as these situations can be, they can also cause

Ok, this one needs some work. The song is only about 3 days old, but the structure is coming along. We live in an apartment, so when we do this stuff at 1am we have to be very careful not to get too loud.

Roughly 4 years ago my wife of 6 years, Melody Parker and I had found ourselves less than satisfied with the way things were going in our lives. Simply going to work and paying bills was lackluster to