Danelle and I went to the annual Stream Team picnic held at Meramec State Park. Its always held on the last Saturday in July. This year, the temperature was quite warm. Danelle’s parents were worried about the kids with the excessive heat, so they kept the kids at their house. Danelle and I were just … Continue reading “Stream Team Picnic – 7.23”
Eli is a contractor that works with me. He lives near Vancouver Canada and flew in for the week to catch up on his project. This was the first time since his interview that he was in the office and it was a very fruitful time. We focused on what our software does and how … Continue reading “Week of Eli – 12.16.11”
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”