June 1, 2019 Our second state, Texas came very quickly behind the first. In fact, it was later the same day. Texas is the largest state we plan to visit on this trip. Our plan was to ride at the bottom of Palo Duro Canyon. This is the second largest canyon system in the United … Continue reading “State 2- Texas”
June 1, 2019 I mentioned in a previous post, Corvin and I are attempting to unicycle all lower 48 states for at least 1 hour before he graduates high school. We live in St. Louis, but Oklahoma is our first state. You might be asking? We kicked off a 2 week family vacation to ride … Continue reading “State 1 – Oklahoma”
Home repairs are a never ending chore. Sometimes you can wait a bit longer, but eventually maintenance is just required. We’ve been in our house for 13 years now and got it new. I noticed that a few of the vents on the outside were falling apart. The best thing to do was to replace … Continue reading “Home Repairs – 6/29/2019”
Corvin wanted to take his girlfriend on a date. He chose bowling. Since he’s not 16, he needed a ride. The whole family plus his date went. They got a separate lane and did their own thing while Danelle, Sonora, and I bowled on our lane. Danelle getting ready to roll a strike! Sonora sneaking … Continue reading “A Date For Bowling – 4/17/2019”
I purchased tickets from CineConcerts to see the St. Louis Symphony play “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”. The jest of this is that the movie is played on a large screen while the orchestra plays the musical score of the movie live in front of us. We also took Danelle’s parents with … Continue reading “Harry Potter at the Symphony – 4/14/2019”
Our normal monthly paddle on the Meramec river. Some photos of our fun. Andy playing Humpty Dumpty. This time he didn’t fall or break, but he also didn’t have time to paddle. Still awesome that he came out to see us! Bernie Arnold brought me a boat to borrow. We paddled for a bit, but … Continue reading “125th Sunset Race”
We’re training for the South Dakota Kayak Challenge and taking Megan Pagliaro who we talked into the race. Megan is new to paddling and racing, but we knew that she was going to be good company. To the mission today was to get her out on the water and get her more comfortable with the … Continue reading “Creve Coeur Paddle – 4/7/2019”
Its been cold outside and we just wanted to get out of the house for a bit. Danelle, Sonora, and I went down to the Meramec river in valley park to hike on the path along the river. Sonora was in a silly mood and didn’t want to walk directly with us. We ended up … Continue reading “Hike With Sonora – 3/31/2019”
Corvin had a track meet at Kirkwood High School. His grandparents live a few blocks from the school. We parked the car at their house and walked back to the house. For this meet he was in the first (4x800m), middle (1600m), and last (3200m) events. That meant that we would be there for the … Continue reading “Kirkwood Track Meet – 3/27/2019”
Austin Calzada is a young kid that I consider a friend. He recently had an article in the River Front Times about his unicycling. I have a collection of unicycles. He wanted to ride a few, so I brought them all out to play. Here are a few photos and a video of the ride. … Continue reading “Unicycling With Austin – 3/23/2019”