The Ozark’s Mountain Challenge is a 7,980’ elevation (The height of Mt. Olympus) challenge. The goal is to hike up Mudlick Moutain trail in Sam A Baker state park 9 times. After going up, you are driven back down the mountain where you start your ascent again. It is approximately 17 miles of hiking to … Continue reading “Ozark Mountain Challenge – 5/4/2024”
Danelle and I signed up for a race called the Bourbeuse Bluebell. Its a 18.2 mile race on the Bourbeuse river. We planned the trip with our friends, Melissa, Johnathan, and Bernie. The three of them had paddled this section of the river about 3 weeks earlier and Bernie flipped his boat. They wanted to … Continue reading “Bourbeuse River Training Run – 3/21/2021”
Race To The Dome is a paddle race on the Missouri river and a fundraiser for Missouri River Relief. There is a long and short version of the race. This year was my second time participating and paddling the short 16 mile course. I was on a team with Sonora, Melissa, and Bernie in the … Continue reading “11th Annual Race To The Dome – 10/10/2020”
August celebrated our 129th Sunset Race on the second Thursday of the month. This month, we were going downstream from Greentree ramp in Kirkwood to the Meramec Marina. There, we’ll tie up the boats and get some pizza and beer before heading back upstream. Eight paddlers made the trip. its always interesting taking over the … Continue reading “August Sunset Race – 8/8/2019”
Danelle was scheduled to work a booth at St. Louis Earth Day in Forest Park. I decided to go with her to hang out and help out. I wasn’t much of a help, but it was fun to be with her. One of the random bugs in the tray to show people. Crayfish. That is … Continue reading “Earth Day – 4/27/2019”
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”
The 116th Sunset Race was set to go downriver to the Meramec Marina. The race would be 12 days before the MR340, so I hoped to see several paddlers out for a fun training run before the race. Several of my favorite people where here to paddle! I brought two boats tonight. The kayak is … Continue reading “July Sunset Race (116th) – 7/12/2018”
Its been said many times that “A bad on the water is better than a good day at work.”. Little did I know that today was going to push that theory to the limit… It started off as any national holiday should, with excitement having the day off work and thinking about the day’s events … Continue reading “Bad Paddle Day – 7/4/2018”
April can bring any type of weather and today was actually fantastic. Some of us are barefoot in shorts and t-shirt! Hogan Haake
Usually Hogan is the one who takes epic voyages on the Missouri River. This time, on September 23-27, 2017, I got to take our Kruger Cruiser on Paddle Mo – a 5 day, 100 mile journey from Hermann, Missouri, to the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. I am on the board of the … Continue reading “Paddle Mo 2017”