Every summer we all look forward to the annual trek to Meramec State Park near Sullivan, Missouri, for the Stream Team Picnic. The weather is often nasty hot, but there are plenty of opportunities to go for a swim or float on a tube in the Meramec River and there is lots of shade at … Continue reading “Stream Team Annual Picnic – 7/28/2018”
If you haven’t heard of the MR340, you should. Its a 340 mile paddling race from Kansas City to St. Louis on the Missouri river. I’ve done it a few times and written about it on here. This year, I didn’t paddle, but I did volunteer at the Klondike ramp and of course go to … Continue reading “2018 MR340 – 7/26/2018”
Eric and I met up for an easy Saturday morning motorcycle ride. We decided to meet at an old Blockbuster (now defunct) that he used to work at. There, we would meet his sister Alisa and ride together to St. Genevieve, Missouri for breakfast. Why St. Gen, cause its far away and gives us a … Continue reading “St. Gen Ride – 7/21/2018”
Our Chicken and Waffle tradition continues at work. We’ve done it a few times in the past. Generally it makes the whole office smell like deep fried food, but its worth it. I’ll just show a few photos of what happened. Brad caught with food in his mouth. I never listen to signs! On a … Continue reading “Chicken and Waffle Day – 7/19/2018”
The 116th Sunset Race was set to go downriver to the Meramec Marina. The race would be 12 days before the MR340, so I hoped to see several paddlers out for a fun training run before the race. Several of my favorite people where here to paddle! I brought two boats tonight. The kayak is … Continue reading “July Sunset Race (116th) – 7/12/2018”
Danelle has had a few surprise birthday parties for me. They are always a fun time and lots of planning. I think she was a bit surprised when her 40th birthday came and went with little fanfare. Unless you consider sending her to the beach for a week with friends a decent thing. Anyway, this … Continue reading “Danelle’s Surprise Birthday Party – 7/7/2018”
Its been said many times that “A bad on the water is better than a good day at work.”. Little did I know that today was going to push that theory to the limit… It started off as any national holiday should, with excitement having the day off work and thinking about the day’s events … Continue reading “Bad Paddle Day – 7/4/2018”
On the drive back from a visit to KC where we dropped off Sonora to hang out with her cousins for a few weeks, Danelle had a serious discussion with me about cats. We got Coat Rack less than a year ago after Tiko died. Petra wasn’t a huge fan of of Coat Rack as … Continue reading “Sushi – 7/3/2018”
This is the month of shopping carts. There were a few separate incidents… I can still talk the kids into doing silly things with shopping carts! They didn’t even fight with Sonora pushing. I’m pushing Jeff Hug up to Target. It took a few moments to figure out how to get him into this cart, … Continue reading “June – 2018”
We went to Kansas City to visit my parents. We don’t seem to get in town enough these days and the kids miss their grandparents. We noticed that things are normal and not much has changed. Henry’s Mustang hasn’t changed much… Normally we hang out around the house and eventually head back to St. Louis, … Continue reading “Kansas City – 6/30/2018”