Right by the doorstep 🔗

Aint getting off the bleachers 🔗

Looming thunder showers. Tall Poplar trail, McKeldin, Patapsco 🔗

A quick rundown on the state of the home-servers I run or applications I host on the cloud. My ‘Homelab’ setup has not changed much since my last update in January. I did add in a switch and installed a wireguard vpn on the RPI 3B+ that fronts as a reverse proxy for the Nextcloud media devices. I also got a Seagate 2TB drive and built two partitions into it. One acts as a backup for my Nextcloud files and the other is a ‘cold backup’ of my Hetzner cloud instance. ...

Yet another great day outdoors! We plan on doing more technical and/or longer hikes with Shasta and today was one of those ‘dry-runs’. We were out there in the woods for about 3.5 hours and she did terrific! A decent elevation profile, blended in river-crossing, and of-course wonderful company. With an early start, the 6.5miles didn’t quite feel that distance. A bit of a drive from home that was absolutely worth it! ...

@Number Nine Trolley trail Took appa out for a walk here. Shasta had a great time trying to ‘skip stones’. Well, throwing more than skipping…

Recently, I’ve started using GPSBabel and Ramblr together to better visualize and scout new hikes. GPSBabel is this fabulous tool that lets you combine various gpx files into one and Ramblr lets you plan and chalk out your trips. Both tools obviously have a ton of more features which I should explore at some point in time. While on the trails, the AllTrails app is a terrific companion. Having a birds-eye view is always helpful and it’s never quite failed me! ...

With a lean path winding along the Patapsco river, this trail was quite different from the others around in this region. Kids had a great time around in the water just before we closed out the loop and finished the hike. [gallery size=“large” ids=“8380,8381,8382,8383,8384,8385,8386,8387,8388,8389,8390,8391”] Garmin Connect GPX

A glimpse of the past week and the few things that captivated my attention: David offered us a complementary sign-in to his Breathing Workshop. Excited to get that rolling! He’s also released his first book - Breathe to Perform. Can’t wait to get our hands on it! Over the last week, I’ve been strongly considering moving over from WordPress to a static site generator. I’ve been using WordPress for 15 or so years now and have had absolutely no issues. The minimalism factor of static site generators makes it quite appealing though and then there’s that constant nudge to try something new. Will have to weight that against the migration work involved and take a call. ...

Gloomy weather, impending rain and breezy forecast - Great way to kick off the weekend with a short hike. Meena didn’t get to see the falls last time we were on this trail. So we decided to head back here with Shasta in the carrier. Made it back home just in time before the thunder-storms kicked in. [gallery size=“large” ids=“8376,8377,8375,8371,8372,8373,8374”]