Danelle works hard each year planting and managing our home garden. One of the more successful plants this year were cucumbers. They grew on a trellis made from Hogan’s bamboo. The harvest was so plentiful, that she was having trouble figuring out what to do with all of the cucumbers. After a bit of thought, … Continue reading “Pickles – 7.17”
Each year, the city of Webster Groves hosts a very nice family friendly parade to help celebrate our nation’s independence. Last year, we made our own float for the River Des Peres Watershead Coalition. But over the winter, we sold the boat that had the trailer we used for the float. This year we decided … Continue reading “Fourth of July Parade”
Danelle is very proud of her work as an ecologist. I’m also proud that she is making a difference in the world just a little bit at a time. One of her passions is clean water. To help with that, she installed a rain garden in the front of our house. It gathers a fair … Continue reading “Bees – 7.4”
I saw something out front of my house and went with a flashlight to investigate. It turned out to be a racoon. It seemed to be a bit away from the creek, but climbed up the tree to safety. I watched him for a few minutes and took a few photos before leaving it alone. … Continue reading “Racoon – 7.1”
In July of 2008, my brother Henry and I participated in the Missouri River 340 mile canoe race. We completed this race in a 14′ Mad River canoe that was build for fishing. After we completed the race, we said that we would never do it again. However, we quickly realized that we did want … Continue reading “Boat Chop – 6.25”
Have you ever needed to clean up your house badly, but just didn’t have the motivation. We have that problem occasionally. Having two kids doesn’t help keep a house clean. After a while, parents just tend to give up. So Danelle and I decided to motivate ourselves to clean. We set a date to have … Continue reading “Party – 6.19”
I committed to lead the Cub Scouts on a hike during the summer. When I was thinking of places to take the scouts, I had to think of somewhere that they had likely not been before and that they would like. I remembered a hike I had done with the family that would be perfect. … Continue reading “Cub Scout Hike at Fort Bellefontaine – 6.18”
The images below are the relevant pages of the pamphlet that originally drew our focus to Harrison, Arkansas. The quality is lower because this is the same copy that was on our trip. It was folded and flipped through numerous times. I’m impressed that it made it this long. Lost the images, but here are … Continue reading “Arkansas Motorcycle Trip Part 2”
I want to come clean by saying that I’m not a huge baseball fan. I will occasionally go to games when tickets are cheap or free. I prefer baseball in the form of ESPN highlights where the top 10 plays of yesterday are shown and I can see the score of all the teams in … Continue reading “On Going To The Stadium”
Each month, I participate in the Sunset Race Series. This event is the second Thursday of each month and traditionally held on the Meramec river. This month, we had a slight change of venue. Instead of everybody bring their own boats and racing to the finish, we all piled into a 31′ voyager canoe build … Continue reading “Voyager Canoe Outing”