Just back from a seven hour brownout here. My helper says it was a scheduled power outage, but I hadn’t seen or heard about it. Well, while I was out walking this afternoon I did see the electric company was clearing branches from the wires. Hopefully that maintenance will prevent longer and unexpected outages down the road. Made for a hot and sweaty time both inside and outside today. Oh well.

Yesterday’s hike with the Sausage Walkers turned out to be a wet one. We met up at Angel’s Bakery as usual and saw the clouds forming, but decided to take our chances anyway. And spent most of the trek in a downpour. Still, I led the first portion of the hike over the trail I’m planning for the Hash on July 22. I was glad to have an opportunity to see how it would hold up on a wet day. And it turns out it wasn’t bad at all. Good to know!

So there’s this gal, Rheangelyne (Rheya for short), that I recently added to my friends list on Facebook. A few months ago she came on a few of the Wednesday walks and one or two Hashes with her German boyfriend, Dirk. Dirk is now back in his country for a few months. I actually found Rheya via a dating website I occasionally visit.

Anyway, she wanted to go hiking again so I invited her out. She seemed to enjoy herself despite the rain. She apparently likes making YouTube videos of her adventures and invited me to subscribe to her channel. Of course, I did. Now, the quality of her work needs some improvement, but here’s the one from yesterday’s hike. It’s only a little over three minutes long and gives a flavor of the hike anyway.

And here’s the route we took:

Last night I played some darts at Alley Cats and threw pretty decent. Good enough for a first place finish anyway. Imagine what I might accomplish if I actually practiced occasionally?

I’m going to share some insights on a cultural aspect of the Philippines, but not today. I need to take a shower now. It’s beer o’clock.