Today, Danelle and I get to perform root docking with a master. Jay Doty and his lovely wife Sandra came out on Black Friday to work on our property. Jay does this work professionally. At first you may think that he moves slow, but he never stops moving. I would surge and then slow down, … Continue reading “More Root Docking – 11/27/2021”
Sonora and I went out to Waterfall to get out of the house. There, she worked on a fire to burn honeysuckle. With her keeping the fire going, I spent my time root docking honeysuckle. This helps our woods get clear and provides wood for the fire. Bringing it up to be burnt! We had … Continue reading “Waterfall Root Docking – 11/22/2020”
Sometimes the weather is perfect and you just need to get outside. Today was that day and I chose to go to the Katy Trail and ride. I started at the Weldon Springs access point and headed out west. There is a cool bridge going over the creek that was fun to stop at. Stopping … Continue reading “Katy Trail Ride – 11/22/2020”
The 2020 Cross Country banquet is totally virtual this year, well almost. For the select athletes that are receiving an award, the plan is to meet at an outside shelter for a quick meeting. Then everybody would go home and finish the banquet in a virtual platform over Zoom. Corvin was set to get an … Continue reading “XC Banquet – 11/10/2020”
We got in line early to vote. Holy cow the line was long. Between social distancing and people wanting their vote counted, the morning turnout was large! Image is on the “wrong” side of the building as it wrapped a long ways around. We ended up in line about 2 hours. Found out later that … Continue reading “Voting – 11/3/2020”
All I can say is CATS! Brawndo is HUGE, blocking the whole laptop keyboard and still growing. And yes, I should clean my desk! Good thing I don’t need to write too much! Our two biggest don’t like to be photographed. Out with Sonora! Hogan Haake
One of the more amazing things about 2020 is that the Cross Country season wasn’t ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The meets have been very different this year. Most of the meets didn’t allow spectators. When they did allow spectators, we needed masks on. More surprising yet, almost everybody at the meets complied and … Continue reading “2020 Cross Country District Championships – 10/31/2020”
We have been considering purchasing land or a house in northern St. Louis area to move when the kids are out of high school. We have seen lots of places at varying price ranges, but none of them said “buy me”! That is until we came across a few acres in Alton, IL. This is … Continue reading “Landing in Alton – 10/25/2020”
West of St. Louis near Warrenton Missouri is a road called Lost Creek Road . See the dot from the Google Map. Its a mostly gravel road that follows Lost Creek. I’ve motorcycled on it a few times and found it exciting and semi-remote for as close as it to the city. While browsing online, … Continue reading “Lost Creek Road Cleanup – 10/24/2020”
Corvin was at a friend’s house and was getting ready to come home when I got a concerned call from him. Somebody had done a hit and run on the car. When I got to the car (he was only 5 minutes away driving), I saw the damage. I called the local police to make … Continue reading “High Five Mirror – 10/23/2020”