This is the month of shopping carts. There were a few separate incidents… I can still talk the kids into doing silly things with shopping carts! They didn’t even fight with Sonora pushing. I’m pushing Jeff Hug up to Target. It took a few moments to figure out how to get him into this cart, … Continue reading “June – 2018”
We went to Kansas City to visit my parents. We don’t seem to get in town enough these days and the kids miss their grandparents. We noticed that things are normal and not much has changed. Henry’s Mustang hasn’t changed much… Normally we hang out around the house and eventually head back to St. Louis, … Continue reading “Kansas City – 6/30/2018”
In an effort to save money and make my motorcycle more safe, I decided to get a set of hand guards. I went to Cycle Gear in town as I try to support the local guys and found this generic set.The handlebar guards are designed to to do two things. First, keep wind and branches … Continue reading “Failed Generic Hand Guards – 6/24/2018”
Bike With Your Boots On is a a citizen science initiative with the Missouri Stream Team to get people out exercising and testing local creeks. For this outing, we met at Fults Field near River Des Peres and split into groups to cover the most ground. At each site we tested for things like conductivity … Continue reading “Bike With Your Boots On – 6/23/2018”
Its Saturday and it is going to be a very long day. I’ve been resting from my last week paddling the Texas Water Safari. Both of the kids are at Camp Lakewood and we have to pick them up. So Danelle and I start the drive early packed for a wedding and headed to camp … Continue reading “Heather and Keith Wedding – 6/17/2018”
How do you know when something is important to you? When you do whatever it takes to participate. For this Sunset Race, I started out in Port Lavaca, Texas. I woke up at 3:30 am in a hotel room after the Texas Water Safari. I thought I would start driving the day before, but I … Continue reading “Sunset Race – 6/14/2018”
Orchestra concert, bad hair, a new bridge, and a long motorcycle ride all happened. Nothing specific to report. Just photos.
Maggie has never had her hair dyed before. So she came over to do it with Sonora. Here are a few photos of the mess! Of course I didn’t capture the finished product. Maggie was swimming every day that summer training for races, so the dye didn’t last very long in her hair. But it … Continue reading “Dying Maggie’s Hair – 6/1/2018”
It was highly recommended that we have a spray skirt on our boat for the Texas Water Safari. I wasn’t too worried, but Jo Jo took care of us. She planned a day and came over to help us out. We started out by putting T in the front of the boat and cutting a … Continue reading “Spray Skirt – 5/29/2018”
Sonora wanted to have an overnight camp out at Waterfall for her birthday. She actually wanted 2 nights but we limited it to one night. It was all we could handle and the girls wanted to spend most of their time inside anyway! We did do some swimming/floating in the river. Hogan Haake