Today we took our second and youngest child, Sonora, off to college. She is enrolled at Missouri State University. Danelle and I met there, so it was a bit of a homecoming for us even if the campus is quite visit from when we went. Her roommate, Hannah, had already moved in. We were taking … Continue reading “Sonora To College – 8/27/2024”
We’ve started getting involved in the Mississippi River Water Trail. Today, they were hosting a sunset paddle leaving from Piasa harbor. I drove up from St. Louis with a canoe. I brought dinner as a surprise for Danelle. Unfortunately it was too much of a surprise. She was later than me and we didn’t have … Continue reading “Sunset Paddle – 8/21/2024”
With the new house being built (slowly), we need to start sprucing up our existing house. Years ago, we painted the kid’s bathroom with some discount paint. Well, you get what you pay for. The color is horrible. We’ve known it for years, but left it. I went out of town for the weekend and … Continue reading “Kid’s Bathroom Revival – 8/18/2024”
My friend and national speaker, Joe Fingerhut called me to ask a favor. His unicycle had a broken part and its a part of several of his speaking engagements. He asked if I might have a part he can borrow. Rather then try to grab a part, I suggested he come over and just borrow … Continue reading “Joe Borrows A Unicycle – 11/19/2022”
Its a day that my wife thought would never come. I’m selling my second unicycle in a year! Since I started this crazy hobby, I’ve continually added new unicycles to my collection until I got to the number 7. Yeah, that is even a lot of unicycles for me. With my recent addition of a … Continue reading “Big One Sold – 8/10/2022”
I’ve been training hoping to ride my longest unicycle ride. The following weekend, there is a 34 mile bicycle race that I’ve signed up for. This was my last test to see if I was ready for the ride. I decided it would be fun to ride from Grafton, IL to Alton, IL along the … Continue reading “Grafton To Alton – 7/3/2022”
I’ve been wanting to better my unicycle distance for a while. I have a Coker 36″ Big One unicycle. While its nice, it isn’t quite right for me. I decided that life is short and I would try an upgrade to the Nimbus Nightfox. Once ordered using money from my birthday, I figured I could … Continue reading “Nimbus Nightfox – 6/15/2022”
Danelle and Sonora wanted to get more paddle training for this year’s MR340 race. I drove them out to the Klondike ramp and dropped them off. First prepping the boat from the land. Once they were all packed up, they shoved off into the Big Muddy. Once they were off, I went back to the … Continue reading “Paddle Training – 6/12/2022”
Spring means I’m unicycling more. Some pics from the Katy Trail and other places. My unhelpful desk cat, Coatrack Ready for summer!!! Hogan Haake
I’m a happy user of the trail system in St. Louis, primarily managed by Great Rivers Greenway (GRG). My two favorite are the Gravois Greenway (Grant’s Trail), and the River Des Peres Greenway. There is a bridge has been working on for some time going over the River Des Peres to join the two trails … Continue reading “Finally Crossing The Bridge – 3/4/2021”