Old Route 66
When I was on the way home from Cider Days I stopped along the highway and took a cool pic of the valley near my parents house. This year on the way home from Artsfest I was about a half mile from home when another cool photo presented itself. I remember liking this stretch of highway...
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This has been among the coldest of winters I can ever recall so I guess it’s fitting that the first day of spring brought about 9″ of snow to the Joplin area. After several years with little to no snow this winter has been off the heez, as far as snow goes. Joplin averages 16″...
Read MoreSunday 'Yakkin Trip
Sunday after church Grant and I decided to take a quick afternoon kayak trip. As we often do, we chose Center Creek, except this time we did a section of the river neither of us had ever floated before. The furthest I had ever been down Center Creek was the park in Carl Junction. So this time we...
Read MoreFloating Big Sugar
This weekend we organized an expedition of sorts to get our kayaks out on a new river (new to me at least). We picked Big Sugar Creek near Pineville because it’s A)close B)scenic and C)void of most of the party scene found further downstream on the Elk River. The first day we floated...
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