We love paddling and have tons of equipment, but sometimes you just want to relax. Tonight, Danelle and I had a date night with Mike Clark of Big Muddy Adventures. They offer monthly floats that happen during the full moon. The full moon float includes paddling in a large voyager canoe (about 14 people) and … Continue reading “Full Moon Float – 10/23/2018”
Occasionally when the weather is perfect, Jo Jo and I go out paddling because its amazing outside. Today was one of those days. She claims that adventure just happens when I’m around, but I think the river gets all the credit. Today,we found a CRT TV floating in the river. So JoJo held it by … Continue reading “Paddle with Jo Jo – 9/30/2018”
If you’re curious about our event, its always the second Thursday of each month. Events are announced about 1 week in advance posted at the following 2 locations. Scroll to the last post to see it. http://www.rivermiles.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1242272075/420#420 And on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SunsetRaceMeramec/ —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— I wonder how many more times I can say that the Sunset Race … Continue reading “118th Sunset Race – 9/13/2018”
I was restless after work and wanted to do something. I was thinking about a motorcycle ride but felt like I should do more stuff with the family. So I asked Sonora if she wanted to paddle with me and she said yes. So we set off to Greentree where I start most of my … Continue reading “Paddling With Sonora – 8/31/2018”
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”
How do you know when something is important to you? When you do whatever it takes to participate. For this Sunset Race, I started out in Port Lavaca, Texas. I woke up at 3:30 am in a hotel room after the Texas Water Safari. I thought I would start driving the day before, but I … Continue reading “Sunset Race – 6/14/2018”
It was highly recommended that we have a spray skirt on our boat for the Texas Water Safari. I wasn’t too worried, but Jo Jo took care of us. She planned a day and came over to help us out. We started out by putting T in the front of the boat and cutting a … Continue reading “Spray Skirt – 5/29/2018”
We needed a great light system to do the Texas Water Safari. In order to get the lights on the boat, my co-worker Eric said he would 3D print a holder. Here is the initial fitting. These 3 photos demonstrated the initial fit before final printing took place. Everything looked good and I gave Eric … Continue reading “Printed Light Holder – 6/1/2018”
Another Sunset race. We got there early and a guy backed a race boat down the ramp. He said he was breaking in a new motor. I was excited at first as I do love motorized things, but my joy changed. He was using racing fuel and left a fog of spent fuel and fumes … Continue reading “Sunset Race – 5/10/2018”
With the upcoming Texas Water Safari race, it was important that I got training in. T and I went out for several training runs. We collected many tires and barrels. We collected the barrels three outings in a row and put them in the same spot at Greentree ramp to be picked up by the … Continue reading “Water Safari Training with T”