Nearly three years ago, we went out and paddled the “Dalbow Loop“. This 9 mile loop around an island on the Mississippi river was a wonderful way to paddle and swim a bit near the end of the paddling season. Today felt like a great day to recreate that adventure. We brought the same C4 … Continue reading “Dalbow Loop Fail – 6/29/2025”
I read about “Big Muddy” Mike Clark circumnavigating the city of St. Louis by river around 2010. He did this as an educational activity over a two week period in the spring. He would teach his classes during the day remotely and paddling in the evenings. It took him approximately two weeks to go around … Continue reading “Circum Louis Attempt – 9/12/2025”
I try to stay active. One of the things I enjoy doing is unicycling. If you’ve followed this site for any time, you know this about me. Today, I was unicycling around Creve Coeur Lake before a paddle 5k. I brought my Nimbus Nightfox along as I don’t spend enough time on my 36″ wheel. … Continue reading “Pedal [Crash] and Paddle – 5/27/2025”
Our team of 4 were going up to Minnesota for a canoe race. We planned to enter two different races and needed to bring two boats with us. Only one boat fits on top of the car. I have a utility trailer I use to haul boats, but there were concerns about its stability for … Continue reading “Trailer Upgrade – 5/25/2025”
Later this year, Danelle and I will have been married for 25 years. Not surprising, I’m still quite fond of her. In fact, I’m still doing my best to impress her. This is difficult to do as Danelle has some sort of internal GPS cause she always seems to know where she is when I’m … Continue reading “Date With Danelle – 5/22/2025”
I wanted to go paddling today. We also needed to get Carol (Danelle’s mom) out of the house. I called and asked if she would like to go paddling and she said yes. The boats were packed and we were off to pick her up. At Carol’s house, she came outside with sweat pants on. … Continue reading “Simpson Lake – 5/11/2025”
We had two projects in mind when we came out to the house. We often start by walking through the house hoping something was done since our last visit. While no construction was done, there were baby birds inside the house. Danelle managed to catch two of them. Sonora wanted a photo of them each … Continue reading “Mailbox And A Fence – 5/10/2025”
We were in the thralls of a bad week. We purchased a car recently for Sonora and learned that it needed major repairs. Today was just about trying to get some progress on our lives and get ahead. Danelle had been missing her wireless earbuds for a while. I decided to find them. My first … Continue reading “Roof Fail – 4/14/2-2025”