I promise, this is the last of my insanely frequent visits to the Meramec River in Valley Park. I took the kids earlier in the day to see it and I just wanted to paddle it myself. So I went out to the river with my kayak! Hogan Haake
The Meramec river was up a bunch. In fact, it was flooding and still rising. Danelle, JoJo and I decided to meet at the river for dinner and a paddle. We brought the pizza and she the beer. After a quick meal and conversation with a fellow paddler, we were ready to paddle. I placed … Continue reading “Paddle with Jo – 8/18/2015”
So I talked Danelle into a canoe race with me. A simple 72 mile race in South Dakota. Here is how it all went down. Thursday after work was the last day of school for the kids. We went to the after school party and let the kids hang around till right before 7pm. Then … Continue reading “South Dakota Kayak Challenge – 5/22/2015”
Jon and JoJo came out for this Sunset Race. Jon and I have been talking for a while and he wanted to try out my 20″ unicycle. So I brought it out and watched him perform. He still has it. Luckily, nobody got hurt and we still had a fantastic paddle! Hogan Haake
Danelle and I are participating in the South Dakota Kayak Challenge at the end of the month.Its a 72 mile race and this is our first real training run. The plan was that I would do the Mud Run in the morning, come home and get ready, then drop the kids off at Grandma’s house … Continue reading “Training on the Meramec – 5/2/2015”
The 76th Sunset race started with me arriving early and going for a 2 mile unicycle ride down the paved path. I turned around when the path went under the waters of the flooded Meramec river. Shortly after my ride, Joe Sartori showed up to paddle with me. He brought out his whitewater boat that … Continue reading “76th Sunset Race – 4/9/2015”
Jo wanted to paddle here newly painted boat. I wanted to paddle mine too, but I promised Danelle she would be the first one to paddle the boat with me. So I met Jo at Simpson with our Kayak. We normally go to the Meramec, but the river was high and she wanted a safe … Continue reading “Simpson Lake with Jo – 4/8/2015”
We went to Kansas City for Easter. This weekend would be a treat for everybody but Danelle… We celebrated mom’s birthday and helped her blow out her candles on her cake. During this whole time, Herman and his friends were frantically working on putting his Mustang back together. He got a new engine and has … Continue reading “Easter KC – 4/3/2015”
Jo has been telling me about the whitewater championships for a few years now. She said that I would get a kick out of seeing the boats run down the St. Francis river. Its held there every year in the early spring. This year, I decided that nothing would cause me to miss it. So … Continue reading “Missouri Whitewater Championships – 3/21/2015”
Another cold sunset race with Joe Sartori and myself. It was too dark for photos during the paddle. Hogan Haake