What's funny is that none of these flower types are growing in the legitimate flower bed. Just these two in the entire yard. Every Spring we get a few surprises.
My wife keeps a relatively organized garden, but she always takes care not to disturb the volunteers.

#flowers

Well, I took a couple friends out to one of my favorite areas. 4.5 miles for them, 7 miles for me (I walked 2.5 miles to the meeting point). Unfortunately that's about the limit with my knee. Looks like no long hikes this year 😞.

Loaned one of them an extra pair of snake gaiters and crampons. He was very impressed how he could walk up and down otherwise dangerous slopes. And the guy without snake gaiters was happy to be in the rear as the two of us cleared paths through the rocks.

Google will soon be blocking all independent Android app developers. Well, a developer just let me know how to get around that to install any APK file.

https://github.com/sam1am/anyapk

* Become a "developer" 😀
* Install the apk 😀
* Allow notifications 😀
* Enable wireless debugging 😀
* Run the app, follow directions 😀
* The settings _and_ a notification will _both_ open 🤔
* In settings Wireless Debugging,
Tap "Pair device with pairing code"🤔
* Enter the code and port as a _reply_ in the notification 🤔

I *almost* went for a hike today, but I decided I'd give my knee one more week. Instead, I took the e-bike out for a 24-mile ride just to give the knee a light workout.

Now I want to get out there and hike! Maybe next week I'll try for my normal 10-15 miles, and if it works out okay, I want to start planning another 30-mile day hike.

The flowers. I want to be out there surrounded by miles of flowers. And the river, the hills, the sky, the grass… OMG, OMG, OMG! I can't heal fast enough.

Well, my knee isn't better, but it's "better enough".

I decided on a short 3 mile hike. The plan was to take a buddy from work and his new girlfriend. But we missed our connection, so I went alone. Missed my "exit" from the trail and had to come back by city streets.

My knee did great. Well, it spazzed a few times and there might have been some cussing, but… it did great.
https://www.relive.com/view/vKv235yoEoO
#hiking

Well, crap. Just 6.5 miles into my hike, my right knee suddenly decided it was done. Done. I've always joked about how Lyft/Uber was part of my rescue plan, but I pulled that trigger today. I struggled a quarter mile to the nearest road and called for a ride.

I guess we'll see how things go.

#hiking

I dunno. I'm out hiking, hoping to beat the rain, then I hear the wind pick up in the trees above me and see them starting to sway. Then I hear lots of creaking and cracking… and I look around me. Oh. This could happen.

Well, statistically, the worst that will happen is I'll have another story that starts with "There I was". A story I can't tell my wife 😏.
#hiking

The day was going perfectly normally, then my boss called and said "I need you to get on a plane immediately. We can't trust FedEx to deliver anything overnight no matter how much money we throw at them."

So I'm hand-carrying an ATIS computer for Boca Raton airport in Florida. My luggage got checked. The ATIS isn't leaving my sight.

Of course, I got a warning that the flight was overbooked as soon as I checked in. I could get booted off. Maybe FedEx would have been the smart choice.

Awww, well, it was a learning moment.

I was walking over a small bridge and saw an ornate pipe sticking out of the ground. Curious, I reached up on top and blindly felt around with my fingers for a bit. Then I figured "you know, maybe I should use the selfie camera to see what's up there".

Have I ever mentioned how often I do the stupidest things and get away with it?