Our team of 4 were going up to Minnesota for a canoe race. We planned to enter two different races and needed to bring two boats with us. Only one boat fits on top of the car. I have a utility trailer I use to haul boats, but there were concerns about its stability for … Continue reading “Trailer Upgrade – 5/25/2025”
Later this year, Danelle and I will have been married for 25 years. Not surprising, I’m still quite fond of her. In fact, I’m still doing my best to impress her. This is difficult to do as Danelle has some sort of internal GPS cause she always seems to know where she is when I’m … Continue reading “Date With Danelle – 5/22/2025”
I wanted to go paddling today. We also needed to get Carol (Danelle’s mom) out of the house. I called and asked if she would like to go paddling and she said yes. The boats were packed and we were off to pick her up. At Carol’s house, she came outside with sweat pants on. … Continue reading “Simpson Lake – 5/11/2025”
We had two projects in mind when we came out to the house. We often start by walking through the house hoping something was done since our last visit. While no construction was done, there were baby birds inside the house. Danelle managed to catch two of them. Sonora wanted a photo of them each … Continue reading “Mailbox And A Fence – 5/10/2025”
We were in the thralls of a bad week. We purchased a car recently for Sonora and learned that it needed major repairs. Today was just about trying to get some progress on our lives and get ahead. Danelle had been missing her wireless earbuds for a while. I decided to find them. My first … Continue reading “Roof Fail – 4/14/2-2025”
Its spring break and both of the kids are scheduled to be home. Even better, Corvin is bringing Madison with him for the week. Corvin has bee teasing Sonora that he’s going to break up with Madison before spring break so she won’t get to meet Madison. Of course this didn’t happen. So we opened … Continue reading “Spring Break – 3/17/2025”
Canoecopia is an annual event put on in Madison Wisconsin. Its represents the opening of paddling season with a collection of vendors filling a conference center. We’ve been once before in 2016, but it seemed like a good time to go back. I remember from last time that we were able to walk the convention … Continue reading “Canoecopia and a Conference – 3/8/2025”