School dance season is coming up and Sonora was getting ready, but maybe not. I don’t know what was going on with the kids here, but they were getting along wonderfully with lots of laughter. In anticipation of my upcoming motorcycle ride, I wanted to get some seat time. Turns out that the ferry to … Continue reading “August – 2023”
Mungenast Motorsports in St. Louis is a dealer of Indian motorcycles. I like motorcycles and love the opportunity to ride any one that I can. I found the schedule of the demo rides and got two of the guys at work (Binary Bandits) to join me for the demo ride. We scheduled a 2 hour … Continue reading “Indian Demo Ride – 5/8/2019”
Eric and I left work a bit early to go on a Friday motorcycle ride. I decided to mix it up and take him down to the Graffiti Wall just south of the arch. Eric has never been here before, to it was an extra special treat for him. This is just a small collection … Continue reading “Graffiti Wall Shoot – 7/6/2018”
On Friday 9/29/2017, Eric and I set out on the 5 Corners of Missouri adventure. Its a trip I dreamed up after reading about other motorcycle adventures. The plan was to ride around the state of Missouri and visit the roads that were closest to the corners of the state. I came up with 5 … Continue reading “5 Corners Of Missouri”
I finally got around to installing the solar panels at Waterfall. Eric met me out there to supervise the install. I got all of the panels mounted before he showed up. Then it was a matter of organizing the cables based on what we had and plugging it all in, SUCCESS! Hogan Haake
We’re working on a solar system for waterfall so we can be off the grid. Eric came out with me today to install the larger batteries. We had to relocate them since there wasn’t room where the old one was. He brought out the soldering iron to make sure they last. The batteries are installed … Continue reading “Waterfall Batteries”
We celebrated Pi day at the office with a Pizza and Pie lunch. Everybody was supposed to bring a version of pi. We kept a list so everybody would try to get it from somewhere different. Here are the results! Hogan Haake
The boss wanted to get a group photo of the office. I volunteered as the guy with a DSLR camera. I forgot the normal tripod, so I had to set the mini one on top of several boxes to get it right. I never quite got myself in the frame, but here we all are! … Continue reading “Work Group Photo”
Eric Ent from work came over with his model steam engine. He got it running recently and I found it fascinating. We thought trying the propane torch would really make it move, and it didn’t disappoint. It is a Wilesco steam engine, possibly a D4 model. It worked much better with the propane torch, but … Continue reading “Steam Engine – 1/6/2017”
Two guys from the office, Jeff Hug, Eric Ent, and I decided to go for a Saturday morning motorcycle ride. Its fun to share hobbies and motorcycle people like to ride together. The plan was to ride down the river road in Illinois and catch the ferry to St. Genevieve to get back home. I … Continue reading “Saint Genevieve Ride – 10/30/2016”