The best thing about Christmas is kids and family. This Christmas, we got both of them in spades. My sister Holly is in KC now, allowing us to see them more. David and Lindsay are just adorable! We had a fantastic time hanging out as a family. Meals, and gifts exchanged, we also managed to … Continue reading “Christmas in KC – 12/23/2019”
Danelle’s friends from her college days try to meet every year for Christmas. This year, the gathering was held at our house. We acquired massive amounts of beverages and food to ensure that we all had a great time. Danelle made pie. And a second pie. Danelle and Laura (with Michael almost in the photo). … Continue reading “Honors Christmas – 12/21/2019”
You don’t often brag about how dirty something you own is, but I’m going to now. We’ve had Danelle’s car since it was new. Its now 7 years old and its never been cleaned. Ok, it has been cleaned, but never detailed. We’ve done the occasional vacuum, but it was never clean like new. I … Continue reading “Clean Car – 12/12/2019”
We decided to get a real Christmas tree this year. Our first ever. We picked up Danelle’s dad and headed out to one of his friend’s farm in Washington, MO. It was extremely cold outside and we did get snow flurries while we looked for a tree. Danelle in her coveralls. Henry was colder than … Continue reading “Christmas Tree – 12/1/2019”
Sometimes you look back at the photos taken and wonder what you were thinking. I’ll let you bet the judge of this one. Sonora does love Coatrack! I put up Christmas lights and may have overdone it. Uncle Hiatt would be proud! Hogan Haake
3/14/2020 After riding in West Virginia, we had to drive back out on the difficult road that we came in on. It was a three and a half hour drive. After the first hour, things started speeding up. Before we knew it, we were at the Pennsylvania state line with a surprise! It had started … Continue reading “State 29 – Pennsylvania”
3/14/2020 Its spring break and we’re ready to travel to new states. We have 8 states planned for this trip out east and south. No trip would be complete without some drama. We’re dealing with the COVID-19 virus and things are starting to shut down around us. No formal lock down requests were made that … Continue reading “State 28 – West Virginia”
Corvin wanted to participate in the Turkey Trot. We support his running. He has been injured, but he thinks he is on the mend. To keep things interesting, we got him a turkey costume to run in. He ran with many members of the Webster Groves High School Cross Country Team. Even Coach Jon Petter … Continue reading “Turkey Trot – 11/28/2019”
2/16/2020 The last state of our 3 day weekend is Louisiana. You can see from the photo, it was raining. Not a great thing when you want to be outside uni-cycling. We took a detour south of New Orleans to visit Fort Jackson. We’ll cover that visit later in another post. After our visit, we … Continue reading “State 27 – Louisiana”
2/15/2020 We had an hour long drive between our Florida riding location and our planned Alabama ride. We took our time to get rest between the two rides. Our ride was planned to start on the Backcountry Trail in Gulf State Park. This is a paved trail in the park that will join other trails … Continue reading “State 26 – Alabama”