Porchfest is an annual event that brings neighborhoods and musicians together. About 2 months ago, Dave knocked on my door. I was skeptical at first, but he was kind and had an easy message. Let us use your porch to host 2 bands on a single day for the enjoyment of the whole neighborhood. Its … Continue reading “Porchfest – 10/3/2021”
Race To The Dome is an annual race on the Missouri river that benefits Missouri River Relief. The race has 2 start points depending on how long of a race you’re interested in. This year, Danelle and Sonora signed up for the 27 mile route. We started off the day in St. Louis leaving our … Continue reading “Race To The Dome – 10/2/2021”
Brad and I got a warm up ride in before the Adventure Palooza. We find out what Brawndo would look like with lady’s hair. Poor cat can’t get away from us! Hogan Haake
An annual event put on by Adventure Riders LLC, Adventure Palooza is a 500 mile off road adventure based in the state of Missouri. This is my second year participating. This year, I invited Brad Pagel to join me on this grand adventure. He accepted and I also tried to join up with my group … Continue reading “Adventure Palooza 2021 – 9/23/2021”
I had some airfare available from a cancelled conference about a year ago. I also had a little extra vacation time coming, so over the summer, I started thinking about where I might want to go for a little solo trip. I didn’t have to think long. I’ve been missing my friends from my days … Continue reading “Danelle Visits Deanna in New York — 9/17-22/2021”
August has come and gone. Some of our random stuff. Corvin Sonora Kids being silly! I met another unicyclist on Grant’s Trail! I walked from my house downtown to the arch. Was a 14 some mile day 🙂 We met Laura downtown for dinner. And sorry to disappoint, but no cat photos!
A couple weeks ago on a random motorcycle ride, I was riding a new area just taking in all the sites when I came across a disc golf course I didn’t realize was there. Fast forward to today and I decided it would be fun to play a round there. Danelle and her co-worker Hannah … Continue reading “Disc Golf at Piasa Harbor – 8/20/2021”
COVID sure makes it hard to celebrate. Last May, Danelle earned her Ph.D in Biology, but we were in the midst of a pandemic. The kids and I sat in the arena waiting for the ceremony to begin. It was rather empty! All masked up and by ourselves. When the ceremony started, we were pleasantly … Continue reading “Danelle’s Graduation – 8/7/2021”
Here are photos of our property in Hillsboro, MO. We call it Waterfall after the road its on. This is the main parking area when we have guests. A small bottom gathering area. The road down to the big river. We’ve been working on clearing out the honeysuckle. Its big and open where we’ve done … Continue reading “Waterfall – 8/5/2021”
Sonora likes to spend time in Kansas City in the summer. Its great to catch up with family and a change of scenery. Here she is in Hannah’s apartment. Hannah not wanting to accept its a new day 🙂 I didn’t end up getting in the Webster/Kirkwood parade this year, but that didn’t stop me … Continue reading “July – 2021”