A Great April Weekend

April 28-30 brought 14 family and friends together for an awesome weekend. Tim flew in from Hood River, Jeff, Kristian and Brian drove the sailboat up from Ft. Polk and Marcel, Phaedra and Zander drove their 1996 Geo Tracker down from Minnesota to give to Grandpa. In...

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Another cyclist is born

On Monday afternoons, Warren (my favorite nephew) and I spend time playing and exploring. Several weeks ago, we purchased a bike from Bike Source and he has been learning to ride. He has mastered riding and stopping and we are still working on starting under his own...

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The boys turn 2

Tina and I missed Zander's 2nd birthday as we were unable to travel to St. Paul at the first of the month. Several party images have been posted on http://www.trenchrats.com/images/. Looks like Z and Corbin enjoyed the new play equipment. All 3 of the boys turned two...

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April 22, a wonderful day for a bike ride

The Johnson County Bike Club hosted the 2006 Spring Classic on April 22nd, 2006. The weather was perfect and well over 200 riders showed up for a glorious ride. This was probably my fastest 70 miles in a very long time, with a moving average of 19.9 miles for 71...

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Canoeing the Buffalo River

In March, I had the pleasure of canoeing the Buffalo River in Arkansas. 4 of us spent 8 days camping & paddling 110 miles through the Buffalo National Park. Mike Alsin put together a wonderful trip with good planning, perfect weather, enough water for a fast float...

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Lance Armstrong visits Kansas City

Lance Armstrong visited Kansas City on Thursday, February 9th. American Century Investments announced what it called at “multi-faceted strategic collaboration” with the seven-time Tour de France cycling champion. In conjunction with the Lance Armstrong Foundation,...

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Anniversary in New York City

For our 28th wedding anniversary, Tina and I visited New York City in January. It was a quick 3 day trip, but we were able to pack in too many meals, a stroll and pedicab ride through Central Park, a browse through Tiffany's, stops in Times Square, views from the top...

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Zander and Phaedra paid us a visit.

Early this month, one of my 2 favorite daughter in laws and her son, my favorite grandson Zander, visited us for a warm glorious weekend. Zander is rapidly approaching his second birthday and growing up quickly. Zander and I are going to learn to sail this summer with...

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