Category: Outdoors
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Biking on the Katy Trail – Dutzow to Augusta
We got our new Rad e-bikes over the summer. And we are loving them! With the Katy Trail in our area, we decided that our first “long” ride would be from Dutzow to Augusta. We sampled some wine in Augusta. 🙂 And then rode back. With stops and side trips, this ended up being about 15 miles round trip. It was a great way to get comfortable on our bikes.
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Ample Harvest – A Good Use for Excess Garden Produce
Our garden is really producing right now. I have way more tomatoes and yellow squash than I can use. Every day, I go out and pick more. So I was excited to hear about Ample Harvest. They promote sharing excess garden produce with local food pantries. This reduces unnecessary food waste.
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Koi Cam
Just for fun we put the GoPro in the fish pond in our front yard. We got a “fish-eye” view of all of them swimming around. This isn’t the most exciting video in the world, but I do find it soothing and relaxing. We are already talking about which angle we want to see next. So if you want to see koi, goldfish, bluegill, and minnows swimming around in our front yard pond, here you go…
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How Cold Is Too Cold To Go Outside?
I can be a little hyperactive. That is no surprise to people who know me. So movement helps me focus and settle down. One thing I like to do is walk to church every morning. I attend 8am mass at my parish most weekday mornings. Except when we are out adventuring in our RV. 🙂 And even when it is cold or there is snow on the sidewalks, my preference it to walk if I think it is safe. There is something about the movement and the outdoors that brings me peace. And I can appreciate what I see right in front of me no matter the season. During winter it is the snow on the ground or the bite of the wind.
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Goodbye Garden: Cooking Up the Last Fried Green Tomatoes
I cooked up the last of the green tomatoes a few days ago. They keep pretty long in the refrigerator, but it was time for them to go. And with that we say goodbye to our garden produce this year. I made fried green tomato sandwiches with bacon, pickles, and chipotle mayonnaise.
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When Should You Winterize Your RV?
“October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces.” Well, that seems to be what has happened here in Missouri.