Another good unicycling month even including the family. I also caught the awards ceremony for the MR340, cheering on my friends! It wouldn’t be a little adventure with some adversity. On my ride home, the throttle cable on the motorcycle broke on the highway. It was a bit of a close call coasting to a … Continue reading “August – 2017”
Danelle and I normally participate in Race For The Rivers each year. This year, we made a prior commitment that happened on the same day, Operation Clean Stream. We took a canoe and paddled down the Meramec River from Greentree to George Winter park, picking up trash along the way. As you can see from … Continue reading “Operation Clean Stream – 8/26/2017”
This is my third trip out in the flood. 4/30 Start 5/1 Middle In this trip, I’m paddling with Danelle and JoJo about 1 foot down from the crest of the flood. The water level was approximately 42 feet at the Valley Park, MO gauge. We had a great time, but the water was coming … Continue reading “Meramec Flood – 5/3/2017”
The Meramec is flooding to record levels again. Here is the first of three outings documenting it. This one is with JoJo, Andy, and myself. Since we parked in a flooded area, we always stayed in site of the cars to make sure we could have a quick exit.
The day finally arrived, The Amazon Event! We were here to see the film “Peeled Faces on the Amazon” by West Hansen. JoJo masterminded the event getting West Hansen and Jeff Wueste to come up from Texas to present their expedition. My part of the story started earlier in the evening, picking up Laura to … Continue reading “The Amazon Event – 1/14/2017”
The date is getting closer to the Amazon Event and there is still lots to do. Danelle made it out with me today to work on the Funky Warehouse. JoJo set each of us up with different jobs so we were all working all over the warehouse. As we completed our work, Andy wanted to … Continue reading “Cleaning the Funky Warehouse – 12/29/2016”
On January 14,2017, JoJo is hosting a showing of “Peeled Faces on the Amazon” at her warehouse. In order to make this transition from warehouse to theater, many friends volunteered time to make it happen. This night, I showed up to make beer to be served at the event. While I was doing that, there … Continue reading “Beer and Planning – 11/22/2016”
This is probably the last warm Sunset race of the year. As a special treat, Andy brought out his new Minnesota 2. He had T paddling with him who had not been in a canoe before. I videoed in case they flipped, but they made it look easy… Hogan Haake
Race To The Dome is an annual canoe and kayak race benefiting and run by Missouri River Relief. Its a great time to see lots of local paddlers and friends on the river. In order to get to the race on time, JoJo and Andy got to my house shortly after 4am for the drive … Continue reading “Race To The Dome – 10/9/2016”
I’ve participated in more regional canoe races this year than any past year. I got the last minute call from JoJo about this one and said yes. Told her I would take care of the details and transportation. Early Saturday morning JoJo showed up at my house and I drove us out to the race. … Continue reading “Firecracker Race – 8/20/2016”