I scheduled a final training paddle before the MR340. I decided it would be from St. Charles (Blanchette) to the Arch Riverfront. My plan had me getting a paddler with experience to join us. There is a general and well founded fear of the Chain of Rocks. I had scouted the Chain of Rocks the … Continue reading “Paddle to the Arch – 7/14/2013”
On the following day, I was joining a small group paddling from Blanchette access in St. Charles, down to the St. Louis Arch riverfront. I’ll talk more about that in my next post. Part of the paddle is the Chain of Rocks. Below is a photo of the Chain of Rocks bridge courtesy of Google … Continue reading “Motorcycle Scouting Trip – 7/14/2013”
This month is the 55th Sunset Race series. The role call was Larry, Joe, and Hogan. This was the last race before this year’s MR340 race. As always, the results were Joe first, followed by Hogan, then Larry. Album Hogan Haake
For Danelle’s birthday this year, I got her tickets to the Cardinals game. She has never sat right up front before, so I purchased up close seats. We were in the second row only because I couldn’t find any front row seats for the games we were able to go to. Before the game, we … Continue reading “Cardinals Game – 7/9/2013”
While the guys were out at the driving range, the girls were having a tea party. Sonora and Michaela got dressed up for their party! This was a perfect opportunity for cousins that don’t get to see each other to reconnect! It looks like they didn’t spend any time getting to reacquaint. Album … Continue reading “Tea Party – 7/7/2013”
My brother Henry is into golfing. He wanted to go to the driving range. So 4 out of 5 brothers were in town and went together to make fools of ourselves together. We aren’t good golfers and have terrible form! In order to be better at golf, we all decide to study the form … Continue reading “Driving Range – 7/7/2013”
Sonora and I happened to be at Danelle’s work around lunch time. I had just picked her up from the overnight camp. Danelle was getting ready to go out on the site and recover two propane canisters that floated onto the property during the last major rain storm. Sonora and I decided to go with … Continue reading “Propane Recovery – 7/3/2013”
The first full month of summer has past. Corvin has managed to break his glasses and fix them in one shot. Not sure that they are up to quality standards… The kids danced on the tables at camp I rode my street bike through the mud nearly falling several times. And both … Continue reading “June – 2013”
We took a leisurely swim in our hotel pool in the morning of our last day of vacation. After checking out of the hotel, we started driving home to St. Louis. During the drive our van occasionally started making a loud noise as we speed up. I had a pretty good idea what the noise … Continue reading “Surprise Pizza Party – 6/29/2013”
The day that our family vacation started was the end of a nearly 24 hour paddling session. I slept for about 5 hours and proceeded to give tours of the outside of our house, mostly discussing the solar panels in the Sustainable Backyard Tour. I had to stop my tours early to take Corvin to … Continue reading “Chicago Family Vacation – 6/24/2013”