8r4d Fred was hanging out in a park near the river valley on the north side of town. #buggyland

8r4dsfeets I was a little stumped while waiting to run from LGs front yard.

8r4dsfeets LG’s new house is a block away from a natural spring in the woods where the locals haul away jugs of water for wine making and pickle pickling.

8r4d Our regular Thursday #running meetup was quasi-hijacked because LG’s new house sits right near some fancy #rivervalley trails and he was itching for us to come check them out. My ninth run of May turning into a bit of an adventure run then. We crossed the river and back on two different bridges, found a spring, and meandered along some familiar trails we had run on racers or adventures past.

gamerdad Another few hours and I moved into some deeper exploration and sussing out a few of the deeper missions of the game rather than just building my little empire. I found two more sets of power armor and started the robotics quest in earnest. I built myself a new companion in the form of a little orange robot with laser arms, named Frodo because I’ve been watching Lord of the Rings again and it’s a bit stuck in my craw. All that said my biggest challenge is finding interesting moments to grab screenshots without getting my arse blown away while I move my attention to the photo button.

gamerdad My adventures thru the wasteland continues this week. My build this time has been less of my usual tank and more focusing on the intellectual pursuits, ramping up my base building perks so that I’ve been able to build supply lines early in the game and really focus on the Minutemen story. That said, I’ve as already built out at least two sets of respectable power armors and have done some serious wandering and cleaning up some of the main thru routes.

pixelazy A certain sign of #spring that the plum tree is in full bloom, but does this count as an #insect photo or a #flower photo or both? #macro

8r4d Day 8 of daily #running and we joined the running room #runclub again for some mixed training. A couple hills then a as bit of easy running and nothing too complex in the sunshine.

8r4d A seventh day in a row of #running let me out in the #rain even tho I held off a few hours hoping against the forecast that it might have let up a bit. Actually it may have gotten a bit worse.

adventuredog No morning walks for Cricket today, but since there’s so much #rain she came along for a truck ride on our errands.

pixelazy Sometimes I do miss being #downtown but only for the vibe and nostalgic feelings. There place might be pretty in the #rain but otherwise it’s a real toss up. And I definitely don’t miss the #commute either!

8r4d My plan failed. That’s to say, my #running plan for today on this my sixth day in a row of May run streak, was to ease off the gas and do a nice moderately paced recovery run. Best laid plans? I set off to run some of the neighborhood gauntlet and feeling good my pace just built and built until I was going a really solid clip. On the second pic (the orange trend line is one I drew over the screenshot) you can see the increase in my pace over the 30 minute run. Again: best laid plans.

8r4d An afternoon #walk on #whyteavenue resulted in some interesting sights in #yeg #shopping #bubbletea #cake #bakery

8r4dsfeets An afternoon #walk on #whyteavenue resulted in some new old reads. #books

8r4dsfeets An afternoon #walk on #whyteavenue resulted in some #yeg weirdness.

8r4dsfeets An afternoon #walk on #whyteavenue resulted in a few feet shots.

8r4dsfeets an afternoon #walk on #whyteavenue resulted in a little bit of eclectic #shopping

8r4d Our regular Sunday #running adventure took us on some familiar but rarely run routes this morning. I hit 18k on the nose for the day and the total for my first five days of May, five for five, was a little over a marathon and a few steps short of 43km (shorting myself at a calculated 42.99k on the week!) A nice big hill at the end bogged down my time tho. And we did kinda stop once to assure ourselves that these dumb geese crossing the busy road made it safely.

8r4d Big green Hugh has lost his footing at the bottom of the hill. #buggyland

pixelazy Abstraction in #tree art.

8r4d Just a family #walk on a quiet #spring evening. What better way to spend an hour after a long day of runs and yard work.

8r4dsfeets A bit of thatching as we kick into some #garden time and #yardwork

8r4d May the course be with you on this May the fourth, so my fourth #running excursion of the month was a visit to #parkrun in the #rivervalley where I slammed a 5k with about 60 others in the #spring sunshine.

8r4d My third day of #running this month took me on a nearby neighborhood tour to work on my summer gauntlet.