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Mildly Retired
Oct 16, 20193 min read
Awesome COE Campground
About 2 1/2 hours south of St. Louis, MO and 5 miles north of Piedmont off Hwy. HH is the River Road Park campground, which is operated by
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Mildly Retired
Oct 7, 20193 min read
Rend Lake North Sandusky Campground
This was an inaugural trip with our Arctic Fox travel trailer after our first failed attempt to another campground in southern Illinois...
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Mildly Retired
Sep 19, 20193 min read
YouTube University
Love it or hate it, YouTube can teach you just about anything you need to know or help you troubleshoot any problem you may have with anythi
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Mildly Retired
Sep 16, 20192 min read
Lifelong Friends
The old saying, "If you can't lick them, join them", says it all. Had I not become involved, I would have been a fishing, hunting......
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Mildly Retired
May 22, 20181 min read
KATY TRAIL 2018 IN 2 DAYS!
This year on our 100 mile journey on the Katy Trail we will be riding in support of #TeamSteven and Leukemia Awareness. Steven is a 5...
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Mildly Retired
May 22, 20181 min read
DAY 7 – KATY TRAIL – WELDON SPRINGS TO GRAFTON – FINAL DAY
After a full week of being on the trail, it was bittersweet to be completing our journey in 2014. It was a cold, rainy, cloudy and windy...
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Mildly Retired
May 22, 20181 min read
DAY 6 – KATY TRAIL – HERMANN TO WELDON SPRINGS
After a relaxing day off in Hermann our ride to Weldon Springs started off with another flat on Brian’s new tube. You can read more...
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Mildly Retired
May 10, 20181 min read
Day 4 & 5 – Katy Trail – Jeff City to Hermann and a day off
Leaving Jeff City on day 4 and riding to Hermann was another challenging day. We were definitely excited about having a day off in...
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Mildly Retired
May 2, 20181 min read
Day 3 – Katy Trail – Boonville to Jeff City
This day was not without it’s challenges. We had found out just two weeks before this journey that two bridges on the trail were out and...
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Mildly Retired
Apr 13, 20181 min read
Day 2 – Katy Trail – Sedalia to Boonville
We are back again with day 2 of our ride on the Katy Trail in Missouri. This section of the trail was a little more challenging, mostly...
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Mildly Retired
Apr 13, 20181 min read
Day 1 – Katy Trail – Sedalia to Clinton
Well… the long awaited and complete video of the 1st day of our ride in 2014 can be watched below. Day 2 to follow. We had arrived in...
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Mildly Retired
Mar 26, 20182 min read
Been Awhile……
Yes, it has been awhile since we last post and shame on us! When you commit to something, the least we could do is carry it through. ...
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Mildly Retired
Sep 13, 20142 min read
Katy Trail Ride Day 7
September 12, 2014 Today was bittersweet.  It’s the last day of our ride, which has been truly a BLAST!  But, it’s cold, rainy, cloudy,...
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Mildly Retired
Sep 13, 20142 min read
Katy Trail Ride Day 5 and 6
September 10 and 11, 2014 We lumped our day off in Hermann with our next day of riding from Hermann to Weldon Springs in this blog post....
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Mildly Retired
Sep 10, 20141 min read
Katy Trail Ride Day 4
September 9, 2014 We left the hotel in Jeff City around 7 am and stopped around the capital building to take a few pictures. The hills...
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Mildly Retired
Sep 10, 20141 min read
Katy Trail Ride Day 3
September 8, 2014 This was our longest day clocking 55 miles with two detours because of 2 bridges being replaced on the trail. Started...
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Mildly Retired
Sep 10, 20141 min read
Katy Trail Ride Day 2
September 7, 2014 We left the hotel just before 8:00 am. Around 10:30 am we arrived in Clifton City only to find Travis, our newfound...
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Mildly Retired
Sep 7, 20141 min read
Katy Trail Ride Day 1
September 6, 2014 We couldn’t have asked for better weather today! It started out around 58 in the am and rose to the mid 70s by the end...
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Mildly Retired
Sep 6, 20141 min read
Katy Trail Ride – Travel day
Friday, September 5, 2014 We left the house around 2:00 pm and boarded the metrolink train at the Belleville station with our bikes. We...
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Mildly Retired
Sep 3, 20141 min read
Countdown is On
As of the time of this post we are currently 2 days and 36 minutes out from the beginning of our journey. Â To say that we are excited is...
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