We called up our good friends Kelly and Jeff and asked if they wanted to do a paddling double date on the Missouri river. I promised to bring all the supplies and do most of the work if they provided the company. I was quite surprised when they agreed. Of course I needed to make … Continue reading “Water Double Date – 6/13/2021”
We had a great June Sunset Race. I was lucky enough to convince Danelle to paddle with me. We had other characters out there with us. This monthly gathering is such a great way to stay in touch with my paddling community! My lovely wife and I. Melissa and Eric Jo Jo and Eric Plus … Continue reading “Sunset Race – 6/11/2021”
We love home made strawberry jelly. We’ve made it before, but its been a few years. We recently went to a strawberry patch to pick them, but we were too late in the season. We purchased what strawberries they had left and brought them home. Then we invited Danelle’s parents over to help us make … Continue reading “Strawberry Syrup – 6/6/2021”
We purchased a chipper to help get rid of wood waste that we cut down on our new property. As an added bonus, we could use the chips as mulch and never have to purchase mulch again. First, a view of the area that we cleared out. It won’t look like much, but there were … Continue reading “We Got A Chipper – 5/8/2021”
We used to play Disc Golf all the time. Things change, but we come back to it. Today was one of those days. Beautiful spring day outside. We decided to play Unger Park in Fenton, Mo. Spring flowers were nearly jumping at us. The photo below belonged in a wedding with the bed of flowers … Continue reading “Disc Golf Again – 4/6/2021”
We wanted to do a family activity today. We packed up some supplies and headed out to Waterfall to make breakfast and hang out. The menu was French Toast made on a camp fire with the dutch oven lid. If you’re wondering what I’m sitting on, it isn’t any type of a grave. Its the … Continue reading “Waterfall for Easter – 4/4/2021”
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”
Following a recent Stream Team clean up at Cora Island, I wanted to go back and visit to hike more of it. I was lucky enough to have Danelle join me! Part of the goal was to hike past where I had not been during the cleanup. We totally achieved that. We ended up hiking … Continue reading “Cora Island Hike – 3/14/2021”
Cats just love boxes. Coatrack doesn’t even wait till they are empty… Maggie came over and dyed her hair with Sonora. Danelle and I walked to the eastern terminus of the Katy Trail I’m still unicycling and finding signs made just for me 🙂 Danelle put out food for the squirrels to eat, but also … Continue reading “January – 2021”
With COVID-19 pandemic, I decided not to get a hair cut to do my part trying to keep myself from getting sick. The last haircut I had was about 11 months earlier and it showed. So Danelle and Sonora styled my hair before bleaching it. Then they went on to bleach and color their own … Continue reading “Crazy Hair – 1/2/2021”