My next door neighbor told me that there were bees swarming in his front yard tree. He contacted a beekeeper association and they put him in touch with a specific beekeeper. I wish I could remember his name, but is a very cool dude. He came out with few tools and never put on any … Continue reading “Bee Swarm – 5/13/2021”
We purchased a chipper to help get rid of wood waste that we cut down on our new property. As an added bonus, we could use the chips as mulch and never have to purchase mulch again. First, a view of the area that we cleared out. It won’t look like much, but there were … Continue reading “We Got A Chipper – 5/8/2021”
We used to play Disc Golf all the time. Things change, but we come back to it. Today was one of those days. Beautiful spring day outside. We decided to play Unger Park in Fenton, Mo. Spring flowers were nearly jumping at us. The photo below belonged in a wedding with the bed of flowers … Continue reading “Disc Golf Again – 4/6/2021”
We wanted to do a family activity today. We packed up some supplies and headed out to Waterfall to make breakfast and hang out. The menu was French Toast made on a camp fire with the dutch oven lid. If you’re wondering what I’m sitting on, it isn’t any type of a grave. Its the … Continue reading “Waterfall for Easter – 4/4/2021”
Its been a full year of the COVID-19 pandemic for us. In March of last year was when I moved out of my work office and started working from home. Things are not too bad, but sometimes you just have to get out. Here is one such outing. And finally they “Released the Snyder Cut”. … Continue reading “March – 2021”
Danelle and I signed up for a race called the Bourbeuse Bluebell. Its a 18.2 mile race on the Bourbeuse river. We planned the trip with our friends, Melissa, Johnathan, and Bernie. The three of them had paddled this section of the river about 3 weeks earlier and Bernie flipped his boat. They wanted to … Continue reading “Bourbeuse River Training Run – 3/21/2021”
Sonora joined the track team to throw discus and shot put. Today she tried on her new uniform and it looks good on her! We’ll monitor and see how her season goes, but she is excited! Hogan Haake
Following a recent Stream Team clean up at Cora Island, I wanted to go back and visit to hike more of it. I was lucky enough to have Danelle join me! Part of the goal was to hike past where I had not been during the cleanup. We totally achieved that. We ended up hiking … Continue reading “Cora Island Hike – 3/14/2021”
I’ve been running a monthly paddling series that started in December 2008. We paddle every month year round. If you’re curious about our events, check us out. https://www.facebook.com/SunsetRaceMeramec/ or http://www.rivermiles.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1242272075/460#461 (scroll to the last post) Anyway, Danelle and I went out to the river the day before the Sunset Race due to the extreme cold … Continue reading “Sunset Race Scouting – 2/10/2021”
Cats just love boxes. Coatrack doesn’t even wait till they are empty… Maggie came over and dyed her hair with Sonora. Danelle and I walked to the eastern terminus of the Katy Trail I’m still unicycling and finding signs made just for me 🙂 Danelle put out food for the squirrels to eat, but also … Continue reading “January – 2021”