A Quick Update for My Blog...

Boy, it has been a couple of weeks since I last wrote a post for my blog.

I've been rather busy with work and a whole bunch of other stuff.

Hiking Updates

Back on Saturday, November 5, 2022, I went on an impromptu hike along the Waterfront Promenade at the Inner Harbor here in Baltimore, MD. As a result of that hike, there is a small list of items that I need to accomplish:

• I NEED to upload the photos from hikes from my cell phone onto my computer.
• I NEED to write a trail review over at the Alltrails.com website for the recent hikes I went on at Leakin Park-Gywnns Falls and the second hike I undertook at the Waterfront Promenade.
• I NEED to either re-write and/or expand my trail reviews for the recent hikes at Leakin Park-Gwynns Falls and at the Waterfront Promenade hikes to my blog here at Blogger.
• I NEED to add some additional photos from all of my completed hikes to my blog.
• Another idea that occurred to me was to look for a way display all of my photos either on my blog here at Blogger or use a website such as Flickr.
• I just accomplished making screenshots of the trail routes for my second and third hikes at Leakin Park-Gwynns Falls as well as my second hike at the Waterfront Promenade, so I need to add those to their respective pages.

Other Posts for My Blog

I also need to get cracking on all of the additonal subjects that I would like to publish to my blog.

• For example, I need to work on my post about the movies that I saw at the Cine Core Theater in Seoul, South Korea.
• That post will require A LOT more planning and work to get the post just how I want it.
• Rewrite the post using the mind map that I created as a guide.
• Get any additional photos for the movies that I saw at the Cine Core Movie Theater.
• Get the URLs from You Tube for the videos that I want to include in the post, such trailers and music videos.
• Another topic for my blog will be about Wendell Odom's series of blogposts about career planning for CCNA.
• I have watched several other South Korean movies since returning to watching them after an absence of several years. I've seen some really good South Korean films as well as a couple of duds. I have quite a few ideas on how to approach the subject of movie reviews. Simply, I want to write more than just movie reviews.
• I'm still playing Go. Using a 13x13 grid board and a two stone handicap, I managed to get as high as a 21kyu rank on The Many Faces of Go computer game on my computer.

I have high expectations for my blog. Given my knowledge about HTML, my expectations for my blog might be too high.

However, I am going to keep trying.

Eventually, I will get my blog to where I want it to be.

Walking the Baltimore Waterfront Promenade...

On Sunday, August, 7th, 2022, I couldn't take being inside my apartment anymore. 

It is hard to believe that I have been working from my apartment for nearly two and a half years. 

Recently, I discovered the AllTrails website, while looking for things that I can do in order to get out and explore. 

I performed a search and found several hiking trails in the Baltimore area that seemed to be interesting. 

One of the hiking trails that sounded interesting to me was the Baltimore Waterfront Promenade hiking path. Since I've always wanted to spend more time in the Inner Harbor area of Baltimore, I decided that this hike was perfect.  

 

 

I knew that it was going to be hot, humid, and sunny afternoon down at the Inner Harbor, so I filled my Camelbak hydration pack full of water and brought along my wide-brimmed sun hat.  I'm glad that I brought both items.  I would have been in a world of hurt without them. According to the app on my cell phone, the temperature for Canton was at 93 degrees Fahrenheit at 4:00 PM.

Since I have mild to moderate osteoarthritis in both knees, I also brought along my Breg knee braces that I got through the VA Hospital.  Even though the Baltimore Waterfront Promenade is largely flat, I'm also glad that I brought both knee braces. I definitely needed both of those as well.

One item that I wished I had brought along was a portable charger power bank for my cell phone. I ended up taking quite a lot of photos during the first half of my walk.  When I noticed that my cell phone battery reached 48%, I had to cutback on taking photos.   

Another item on my shopping list is a new 5TB external hard drive, so I can save what photos I took and then free up memory on my phone.  Plus, the external hard drive that i use to backup my own laptop has reached its 2TB limit, so it's time to buy a new external hard drive anyway. 

From what I have seen, the photos that I took have turned out to be pretty decent. Once I get organized, I will post some photos here on my blog. 

One of the reasons that I chose the Baltimore Waterfront Promenade was that it was an excuse to FINALLY visit the Fells Point area of Baltimore. In the times that I have been to the Inner Harbor, which isn't very many, Fells Point has always been a part of the city that I have driven through without visiting. 

On this occasion, I made a point to walk around Fells Point.  Since I was both really thirsty and really hungry, I walked around looking for somewhere to go. I found Max's Taphouse. It was exactly what I wanted. The lights were turned down low, and the air conditioning was cranked up. The first beer I drank was a Fat Tire Amber Ale.  Yes, I know that it might be sacrilege to some given all of the craft beer that is now brewed in the Baltimore area, BUT I wanted something cold and refreshing. So, I picked something that I knew on the very long draft beer list. I also drank a nice Koelsch made in Hagerstown, Maryland by Antietam Brewing. Since I used to live in Columbia, MD, I picked another beer that I know rather well, the IPA by Black Flag Brewing.  The BBQ pulled-pork sandwich hit the spot. The restaurant made potato chips were spectacular.  On top of all of that, the staff were friendly. While at Max's Taphouse, I discovered that they are having a Hop Fest on August 19th to the 21st with over 50 drafts. 

Verdict on Max's Taphouse: I will be back. 

The walk back to my car in the Target-Harris Teeter shopping center was a complete blur. Sweat was coming out of every pore in my body. I ignored the velcro straps on my knee braces coming loose. I ignored the heat and the humidity.  I was in the zone.