I’m fortunate that my employer gives us federal holidays off. Today is Indigenous People’s Day. I felt that the only way to celebrate was to be close to the land. I packed my Landick 2 on the car and headed to the Dalbow ramp on the Mississippi. Its a nearly 10 mile loop around the … Continue reading “Indigenous People’s Day – 10/13/2025”
Today I’m embarking in my 4th 24 Hours From Home Challenge. This is a race created curing the COVID-19 pandemic. Its design is simple, start at your house and walk or run as far as the crow flies (straight line) away from your house. Efficiency in route planning is rewarded along with being able to … Continue reading “24 Hours From Home – 10/9/2025”
I was excited for this year’s Race To The Dome. Its one of the last races of the season. Yes, there are a few others, but in the Midwest, this is pushing your luck for decent weather to get a race in for the masses. I’ve participated in most of the large races this year … Continue reading “Race To The Dome – 10/4/2025”
Warm weather means time outside. I said I would unicycle 100 miles this year and it was time to start loading up the miles if I was going to meet my goal. I put in almost 1 mile a day this month! During the monthly Sunset Race, Jon Marble tried to go up the narrow … Continue reading “September – 2025”
This week’s 5K at the lake was fantastic. It started off be my loading two boats on the car. Danelle decided to come out and paddle with us. Tonight was the first time she paddled the Landick II. The photo below is here paddling away from me. She looked comfortable. If she loved the boat, … Continue reading “Weekly 5K – 9/30/2025”
Not much changed.
One of my favorite paddles in the St. Louis area is from Klondike to Weldon on the Missouri River. This is a gentle paddle of less than 10 miles puts you out on the Missouri river. When the river is lower about a mile into the paddle is a large sand bar that is perfect … Continue reading “Ten Mile Lunch – 9/6/2025”
The weather was warm and I wasn’t burnt out on paddling after lots of races the past month! Sonora came out to try the weekly Creve Coeur 5k race with me. I brought my two fastest boats. Sonora would be in the Epic V7 which is more stable. I would paddle my Northstar Landick II. … Continue reading “July – 2025”
Sonora and I are both very into a game called Top Heroes. It is a role-playing strategy game, a multi-player online dungeon adventure, and a great way to meet and chat with players from all across the world. We have gotten to know several other players pretty well online and decided that it would be … Continue reading “Gamers of HLL Meet Up – 8/29/2025”
This year is the 5th year of my 10-year freshwater mussel monitoring project. This is an effort to collect, identify, tag, measure, and photograph the diverse group of mussels (see photos above with 4 or 5 species in each tray) living in the Sangamon River in Illinois. While I call it “my” project, there … Continue reading “Mussel Monitoring Project, Year 5 – 8/16-17/2025”