I participate in a weekly 5K race at Creve Coeur Lake every week during the summer. To honor the mess of a MR340 we had this year, we decided that today we would all bring out our shortest [slowest] boats and fight our way around the lake. Not everybody had a short boat, but it … Continue reading “Short Boat 5K – 8/8/2023”
Danelle and I went on a nice walk in Forest Park. I found a section I had never seen before. Its wood furniture, therefore not as comfy as it first appears, but still fun. We made it out to the Stream Team picnic. It has been a few years since our last visit. And most … Continue reading “July 2023”
The MR340 (Missouri River 340) is a 340 mile canoe race from Kansas City to St. Louis in the state of Missouri. This year is my 7th time participating in the race. I was originally signed up as a solo participant, then switched to be in a team, and finally switched to mixed tandem. I … Continue reading “2023 MR340 – 7/30/2023”
Dad had open heart surgery a few weeks ago. After his surgery, he went to residential care where they took care of him around the clock. Once he was cleared from residential care, he was going back home. It just happened that my sisters were both on vacation that same week. Nobody was going to … Continue reading “Dad Week – 7/7/2023”
Steve called me and asked if I could take him down to S-F scout camp on family day. I’m a sucker for helping out my friends and was interested as well. The day came and Steve said that we could get there no earlier than 6:30pm. So I picked him up early and off we … Continue reading “Buegs at S-F – 7/6/2023”
It was the last day Danelle and I had off before our vacation was over. Sonora was working today, which meant Corvin was up to join us. We decided to go to the Missouri Botanical Garden and walk around. There wasn’t anything specific that we had planned to see. Just spending time together and building … Continue reading “Botanical Garden – 6/13/2023”
We started our family vacation this year from Kansas City. We were in town for my mother’s funeral and left the day after. It was the strangest way I’ve ever started a vacation and something I hope never happens again. I remember driving down I-70 just before Topeka, KS when I got a call from … Continue reading “Family Vacation – 6/3/2023”
I was the first person to register for the MR340 this year. I was signed up as a solo paddler. However, I got invited to join a dragon boat that thought they could break the record in that division. I’ve been wanting to go faster and the idea of setting a record was too tempting … Continue reading “Dragon Boat Training – 5/20/2023”
When Coty came to the US, she enrolled into high school as a junior. The school made some exceptions and granted her status as a senior. Just her language skills alone would give her that status in my opinion. So today we celebrated Coty graduating from high school! She walked with the senior class. Here … Continue reading “Coty’s Graduation – 5/19/2023”
We saw an open invitation by adventure extraordinaire and friend, Dan Strieker to come out and paddle Dresser Island. Dan often goes off on paddling adventures and posts them out to Facebook. I didn’t want to be left out this time and it sounded awesome. Danelle was able to come with me. Dan was there … Continue reading “Dresser Island Paddle – 5/4/2023”