DAY ONE “You assholes can all stay at home!” I remind the rest of the family a week or so before we set out on an unusual journey from MO to WA, using over a thousand miles of gravel and dirt roads along the way. Over the long winter, I dreamed about, then planned this trip. In the process a […]
About 12 days into the trip, while staying in Telluride CO, we heard that bad storms had passed through the St. Louis area. Knowing that our basement has leaked a couple of times in the 14 years since we have lived there, Kari asked our neighbor if she would mind going over to check on things and make sure […]
What were you thinking? Reading an off-road internet forum years ago while working on our suburban project, I came across information about an off pavement trail that went across the United States From Tennessee to the west coast in Oregon for dirt bikes. They called it the Trans-America Trail, and while it does use pavement in some sections (requiring you […]
The Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce Canyon – National Parks that you hear about, and see pictures of, but are not sure if they are worth giving up your beach vacation to go and see for yourself. Well, they are. Seriously, put the beach on hold and go take a hike while you still can. The scenery, the dizzying scary heights, […]
Here is the deal, you have decided it is time for your kid to get on a dirt bike. Maybe you have ridden since you were a kid, and want to get the whole family riding, so you can go out and have fun together. Or maybe, like me, you made a switch from UTV’s and ATV’s to two wheels […]
Since she learned to drive at 10, we figured she ought to know how to drive a manual transmission at 11. She also wanted to learn how to do burn outs and drift. Sounds fun, let’s try that. Disclaimer – large area without any other cars, people or animals to run into.
It seems like a terrific idea. Buy an old car that needs fixed up, that way it won’t cost as much. You could spend money on it over time, and when it is done, it will be worth a fortune. We’ve seen Barrett Jackson, everything is worth a fortune. Maybe you will be lucky and it will be even more […]
That does not belong there! Coming home from the lake last weekend without the family I decided to take as many back roads as possible. Gravel roads too where possible, so I could check out the leaves and such. When I got to Gasconade, MO, which I’ve never been through before, I decided to check out the river. I was […]
After thousands of dollars and lots of hours building the big multilevel tree house, the kids don’t really play in it. They play on the monkey bars underneath it, and the rings that they can hang from, and sometimes swing. The squirrels and wasps like it a lot though. Sometimes the neighbor kids use it. I would have been better […]
