Hannah came to visit us during her winter break from school. We didn’t waste any time, from the moment we picked her up, we headed out to Waterfall. 141 ramp from I-44 was still closed as they were cleaning up debris from the flooding. You can see extra water where there normally isn’t any. The … Continue reading “Hannah in STL – 1/2/2016”
Christmas day had great weather and we decided to take advantage of it. We headed out to Rockwoods Reservation to hike the Lime Kiln trail. The trail head for this hike is hard to miss. The start has a large lime kiln. The weather was perfect, and we had a good time exploring and goofing … Continue reading “Christmas Hike – 12/25/2015”
Since we purchased Waterfall, we’ve been thinking about an outdoor fireplace. While we have not agreed on what it will look like when we’re done, we do agree on the price… So we found free bricks. This is our second load delivering them and worried about the tires on the van as it was quite … Continue reading “Bricks to Waterfall – 10/25/2015”
We purchased a few acres of land on the Big River in Hillsdale, MO a few days ago. This is our first family trip out to our property, Waterfall, since our purchase. We walked around to check it out as owners. We got a few snaps near the water. It didn’t take Danelle long … Continue reading “Family Trip to Waterfall – 10/18/2015”
What birthday would be complete without having your friends for a sleepover? So we invited Zach and Henry over to share in the festivities. After dinner, we had to provide dessert. In order to keep things interesting, I served a few scoops of ice cream and cake. But they each got special implements to eat … Continue reading “Corvin’s Friend Birthday Party – 10/10/2015”
Race for the Rivers is an annual event benefiting the Greenway network. We’ve been racing in this event since 2011. Since I do other races during the year, this is Danelle’s time to paddle. I’m just here to support her. I also take tons of photographs. To see the rest of the album, hop over … Continue reading “Race For The Rivers – 8/29/2015”
We attempted to play a round of disc golf at Willmore park in St. Louis. Like normal, we got about 6 holes into the course before a few of us were taking it too serious. Before a complete blow up, Danelle, Corvin, and Sonora ended up climbing on a fallen tree before we called it … Continue reading “Disc Golf – 8/23/2015”
I wanted to have a family float on the river. For as much as I love paddling, I don’t do a very good job of bringing my family into it. This was a step to correct that. I prefer the Missouri river when the timing is good. However, the river was high and I worried … Continue reading “Bourbeuse River Family Float – 8/8/2015”
The last weekend in July is the annual Stream Team picnic. We have been going for several years and the kids are quite fond of it. The activities keep the kids happy. Our family tends to do well in the canoe races and gets too many trophies. If that were not enough, the raffle is … Continue reading “Stream Team Picnic – 7/25/2015”
On the final morning of Florida, I awoke early and went for a long walk on the beach. There was a pier I wanted to see, but nobody else in the family wanted to walk that far. So this was my chance. I got there and noticed others there to enjoy the sunrise with me. … Continue reading “Florida Vacation Day 9 – 7/11/2015”