I worked for several years with Jeff Hug. He left in 2019 and I’ve been deeply saddened since. But when you like somebody’s company, you stay in touch. Jeff and I caught up at Creve Coeur Lake today. I race there most Tuesdays in the summer and he lives nearby. So Jeff came out to … Continue reading “Paddle With Jeff – 7/19/2022”
The Missouri Department of Conservation plants a field of sunflowers every year at the Columbia Bottoms Conservation Area (801 Strodtman Rd, St. Louis, MO 63138). You can see in the map above where the 2 fields from this year are. They rotate the location each year, but do a great job of putting up signs … Continue reading “Sunflowers – 7/14/2022”
The annual Missouri River 340 (MR340) race has been something that our family has participated in seven times since 2008. Its a 340 mile canoe and kayak race from Kansas City to Saint Louis on the Missouri river. Its a non-stop race meaning that there are no mandatory stops, just a few checkpoints for safety. … Continue reading “MR340 – 7/12/2022”
Corvin and I unicycled the Tour De Donut last year as our 47th state of our 48 state unicycle trip. Last year we did the 14 mile “donut hole” short version of the 34 mile race. This year, I started training to unicycle the whole 34 mile race. Unfortunately I didn’t meet my goal and … Continue reading “Tour De Donut – 7/9/2022”
This July 4th, the Haake family returned to the Webster Groves Community Days parade to support another cause. In 2010, we had a rain barrel float with the River des Peres Watershed Coalition. In 2019, we joined the WG Sustainability Commission, promoting green living in our community – and showing off the unicycles. This year, … Continue reading “Webster Groves 4th of July Parade – 7/4/2022”
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”
Corvin is pretty chill about everything. Danelle continued to ask him if he was going to have a graduation party with his friends. Finally she told him he couldn’t go out with friends till he picked a date, and today was that date. There wasn’t much warning, but lots of friends showed up. First, some … Continue reading “Corvin’s Graduation Party – 7/1/2022”
We had family dinner together with strange photos. We followed up the month with random selfies! Maybe next month we’ll do more! Hogan Haake
Today is the last paddle training before Danelle and Sonora’s MR340 race. They got a nice easy run from Weldon Springs back to Blanchette. This is about 20 miles. The wind played tricks on them making them earn each of the miles that they paddled. Still a great day to be on the water! Now … Continue reading “Paddle Training – 6/26/2022”
Corvin is attending the University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse this fall. He’ll be a freshman in college. We’re nervous about this change as we’ve never had a child go off to college. Add to that that you never really want to let your kiddos go! Today was the day that Corvin was going to LaCrosse for … Continue reading “START – 6/24/2022”