After breakfast at the condo we walked to the Plaza to go to the Georgia Okeeffe museum. Francis and her friend from VA waved to us from the trolley as we walked to the museum. We paid the $12 admission and watched the overview movie of her life which was an excellent movie. She met NY studio owner and photographer Alfred Stieglitz and began a relationship by mail. She eventually moved in with him in NY where he created a series of nudes featuring her. They eventually married in 1924 and spent summers on Lake George in NY before her visit to NM in 1929. She eventually moved there permanently when he died in 1946. Loved the museum and seeing her watercolors and oils in real life. We then walked the palace of the governors and talked to the Indian woman who was selling Navajo sand paintings. She does not take credit cards. Walked to the Shed and had a lunch of Carne Adevada and a Santa Fe Brewing Co beer, 16 oz. Very very good meal of traditional New Mexican fare. We stopped in a few galleries on the return trip then crashed at the condo after a very tiring afternoon of non stop walking. It rained again and this time we drove out to dinner at La Choza against the tracks about a mile south of the condo. I was interested in the indian restaurant, Raagu which is rated the second best restaurant in Santa Fe according to Trip Advisor. I got the tethering app working on my phone reliably hooked by cable to the laptop.

This morning we packed up everything and chose not to do the hotel breakfast. We said our goodbys and went to mcDonalds for breakfast. Met John and Judy there then went back to get our suitcases and check out. We had a beautiful leisurely drive up the Turquoise Trail to Santa Fe, stopping in Golden and Madrid on the way. We admired silver, turquoise, sculpture and paintings on the trip. We went straight to the condo then took a walk to the Plaza and bought admission to the NM History Museum which included the Palace of the Governors. The History Museum was quite good,, I learned a lot. We talked to John from the lobby of the museum, he recommended starting next door at the Governors and working our way chronologically. On our way to the Plaza we had a nice lunch at Cowgirls Taproom. I had the Carne Avocada which seems to be a New Mexico thing. It is tender pork marinated with oregano and other sauces. It was in Red Chile and accompanied by rice and beans. I washed it down with a Shiner Bock. After we went back to the condo it started raining with thunder and lightning. We went out in the rain and had a Pepperoni Pizza and a beer at Pranza Italian Grill which is a restaurant in a renovated warehouse. The crust was very uniquely thin but flavor was good. After dinner we found Albertsons and bought cereal, bananas blueberries and milk for breakfast. There was a beautiful full rainbow in the dark rain clouds. Of course the sun was shinning as well. It was a full day.

After the hotel breakfast this morning I went downstairs and set up to record Jenny and her presentation. She is the entymologist who talked about don't spray and pray. This went well although we had a fire drill in the middle of it all. We then recorded some walkthroughs and interviews before packing up everything and having lunch at the Range. I had a veggie wrap which was outstanding and too much food. We then went to Old Town and found a Mexican Band playing music. We danced salsa and Rumba with the other dancers on the square. It was fun. Returned tired and got dressed for the Presidents reception and installation banquet. They had a two piece band playing which allowed us to dance and njoy drinks. i danced with one of our violet friends from Ottawa who was teaching me Samba. Fun. After the evening dinner of chicken and veggies we went outside by the pool where another band was playing. We danced some more before I passed out tired in our room.

After a hotel breakfast of eggs and bacon I went down and set up the recording equipment to capture Bill Price for his gesneriad talk. i hope the mike worked. This was my first time and I'm not sure all went well. ll Cenci ran out of memory on his video camera so it will be interesting. At least we will have the powerpoints to see if we can do something with all this. I went to the auction luncheon which was entertaining but not worth $38. each. I watched the Penny Kerker panel but did not do any recording about how to package plants for show. In the evening we went over to the Marriott for the Murder at the Marriott dinner and play. it was fun. I had two guys assigned to me playing movie producers who I introduced to the library group. They did a good job convincing the group they were really producers. The table next to ours were convinced these two were not plants, they were legitimate. Dinner at the Marriott was fish with veggies and a salad. A mousse was dessert. After the dinner we found from Steve that we were bumped from the balloon ride, the basket was full. Oh well, we saved $400.

After the Crowne Plaza breakfast we went to the bus at 9:15 and left for the Los Poblanos Lavender Farm. This was a very small old Dairy Farm that has been repurposed into a sustainable agriculture farm. The main crop is Lavender which they harvest and then distill to extract the oil for fragrances and creams. It was quite a beautiful old farm with nice buildings and gardens that we enjoyed walking through for the morning. We returned around noon after which i ran to Walmart for more sandwich wraps for lunch. Had a quick lunch in time for the Library meeting and photography at 1:30 after which we started the show photography. This finished early and then Libbie and I went upstairs and fell asleep for a while. Got dressed and down to dinner at 6PM for the Social hour. We sat with Steve Covollo, Karen my beta tester, Bob Krazuski and wife - the hybridizer of Jersey Snowflakes and 2 other ladies. The meal was a flat iron steak with mushroom gravy and veggies. It was quite good, a surprise for Hotel food. The end of a very long day.

Up at 4:45 to get ready for getting together at 5:15 in the lobby for our van to the balloon launch. One of the vans locked their keys inside so we had to wait for that before we could leave the hotel. We launched from Mariposa park. Danny and I held the balloon open so that the thing could be inflated with cold air. Once inflated, the gas was turned on and the balloon heated and lifted. We each got in and we were off. It was so great. The lift was smooth and serene. We rose quickly. I looked at the ground and asked how high we were. The answer 6,500 feet. Wow, that was fast.
It was so serene to be gliding in the air currents, I loved every minute of it. I'm amazed at how quiet it was and how we silently drifted along. We had a touchdown in a field and were promptly picked up by the chase van. After folding the balloon and loading the basket we were driven back to the park 7 miles away where we had some breakfast snacks and a Mimosa toast which consisted of champagne mixed with Orange Juice. We had a picture in front of the van then headed back. We had the hotel breakfast late which wasn't very good compared to yesterday. Because Libbie's phone had run out of storage I went to Walmart and picked up a 32gb SD card and a sandwich wrap in Walmart for some one stop shopping. The sandwich was quite good.
Wednesday evening we sat outside with Linda and Barbara from Philly and ordered a plate of fish tacos at 5:30. By 7 PM we finally had to cancel because Libbie was working classification and needed to get back. We went out at 9 PM down Manual looking for food and stopped into a Sonic drive in. This was our first Sonic experience and it wasn't bad. I had a grilled chicken combo which came with tater tots and a drink. Libbie had the sandwich only with a bottle of water. We shared the tater tots which weren't very good but the sandwich was excellent.

I was up early and did some work on the AVSA website including the 2017 Convention page and the library You Tube videos. We had breakfast in the hotel - the coffee was quite good and the food was reasonable. I had the buttermilk pancakes with syrup. Total price was $18. We tried to get on the 11:00 trolly at Old Town but it was full so we bought tickets for the 1 PM and walked around Old Town. Found an artists coop of 40 artists which we enjoyed and also toured a gallery of a Taos Indian painter, RC Gorman, who has passed away. The painting go for big $$$$, starting at $12,000. Prints alone were $2,000 to $3,000. Libbie liked some tiles that were $50 each. We had a Fritos Pie for lunch which was a layer of Fritos covered with chili, beans, sour cream, lettuce and tomato. We took the excellent trolley at 1 which included the UNM campus, Route 66, Old Town and famous neighborhoods and architects. It was a great intro to ABQ. Went back and met a few AVSA people before going to an early dinner with John and Judy, Richard and Anne and 2 other ladies. We decided not to do Sandia since it was windy and cloudy. Maybe tomorrow.

Left home at 10:15 am for the airport. TSA Pre made it easy, we had no waiting. Our flight left at 12:25 PM. We had a short pleasant flight to Baltimore then the same plane went to ABQ. We got the exit row which was outstanding. On the flight to ABQ the wine was free because it was Memorial Day. We had Southwest peanuts and some Kind Bars that Libbie packed. Arrived in ABQ early at 4 PM. The flight was rough for the last 200 miles. The ABQ airport is beautiful with lots of paintings and sculpture decorating the place. I enjoyed it. Picked up our Enterprise car rental and went a short distance to the Crowne Plaza which was at the intersection of I-40 and I-25. Nice hotel. In the evening we went out with the Texans, Mary Corondon, the Ramseurs, Anne and Marjorie and others and had a very very good meal of corn enchilladas with carne avocada and a Corona beer. it was a nice treat after a day of no real food.

Released the Android version of the FC app today with the new screens, icons and tags. Now i need new Help screens. Ran to Walmart for Bicycle chain oil and did our bikes. While there I picked up Zinnias and planted them in the GrowBox that was empty. Libbie made her excellent pizza once again then I packed for our ALBQ trip. My suitcase is extremely heavy with the camera and the audio equipment.

Good effort today on IOS, found a few issues that are in the release version that somehow slipped through in the Advanced search of the User Database. I worked a lot to get the Genus as part of the search, now I need to do the same for the "Country" field and it should be done. i mowed the front and back lawns with the tractor because we're going away and it's going to rain tomorrow. Also repaired the electric fence in the back where it broke. Dinner tonight was the other half of the rack of ribs, reheated on the grill. We had this with Lima Beans and Woodbridge Cabernet. After finishing our wine on the porch we went over to Brewster and each got a waffle cone. I had a Chocolate Raspberry Truffle ice cream cone. They seem to make their own cones, it's quite good.

This was an active day. I worked a little on Android and made progress adding country and gessy to the advanced search and to the user db. I went over to Kroger to get the Friday freebie which is a Quaker breakfast bar and also a free donut in honor of National Donut Day. Kroger donuts are not great. They're not fresh and taste like preservative. Last night I made a rub and put it on the ribs. This morning I unwrapped the ribs and started the Smoker around 12:00 which is later than I wanted but OK for a 6 PM dinner. I used the 3-2-1 smoking which is 3 hours of smoking, 2 hours wrapped and 1 hour basting/carmelizing. I missed the 3:00 wrapping because we were still out on a bike ride. Wrapped the meat at 3:30 instead. We went out the front entrance of Buckingham into town then walked our bikes through downtown returning down 1010 through some old Apex neighborhoods. Turned in at the condos on 1010, went through the Seagroves Park and back through vintage grove to Buckingham. We went up Buckingham way to see the garden opposite the Pinnix home. We met the homeowner, Glenda Mooney who moved in 3 or 4 years ago. Their gardens with a wall were beautiful. She's a really nice person. We chatted for a while then went home to tend the Smoker. I had to make the BB sauce to do the basting. Took the ribs out at 6 PM. Libbie made Lima Beans to complement the meal which we had with Ravenswood Zinfandel. After dinner Libbie served a homemade strawberry shortcake which used up the strawberries we picked up at the Farmers Market this week. It was a full and satisfying day.

Got some more of the Android cleaned up in the AM. After lunch I got on the bike and went around Buckingham then returned on Old Raleigh Rd and continued into Vintage Grove where i went out onto 1010 then into the condos and through Seagrove, returning through our woods. It was a nice drive on a warm day. The item of beauty was the Daisys and Coreopsis of the lady across from the Pinnix house. In addition, the lady was out in a nice red polka dot mini dress and blonde ponytail. The garden is beautiful, I may return with a camera. Ideally I would love to take a picture of the woman with her flowers. We went out to dinner at La Cocina. I had a 32 oz mug of beer which was huge but cost only 1.99 on Wed and thursday nights. It was Thursday. I had the traditional Quesadilla La Cocina. When I got home there was a note from Anne requesting the YouTube video to be put on the website. I created a video content type and then a design section of the library. The library is a mess and needs reorganization.

Cleaned up a lot of the Android crashes but still have more to do. Left at 11 for the Triangle Glides Segway tour. Found parking in front of Woodys on the cobblestone streets near Moore Square. While I was receiving my training one of the quilters, Nancy, fainted. They called EMS and took her to the hospital. The tour was great. We got a lot of Raleigh History as we toured old homes and then went into the cemetery. The cemetery is beautiful, my item of beauty today was a large Magnolia which I tried to get a photo of a spent blossom seed pod. My point and shoot would not focus. I need to read the manual some more. After the tour we got an ice cream cone at the local shop which had 10% off with our Segway coupon. The line was long because they were getting an ice cream delivery. I got an Italian Ice which was excellent. Stopped by the Farmers Market for Blueberries, peaches and strawberries before going home. Went to our dance lesson at 4:15 which was excellent. Robert deconstructed our Showcase and picked out pieces we could use. I appreciated this. Dinner was Cajun Andouille with peppers and onions on baguette bread and some Baked Beans. Libbie made strawberry shortcake for dessert.

Did more work on Android today. It still needs more debugging. I tried something different. In the afternoon I rode the eBike to Kroger for the first time and picked up baked beans, hummus and triscuits. I had already done the Tuesday groceries this morning. The ride to Kroger was easy. One issue is the bumpy sidewalks along Shepards Village. This is too bad, they're 20 years old. We had Andouille sausage with onions and peppers on a baguette along with baked beans. Yum! I managed to call CBC and push our dance lesson out to 4:15 tomorrow. We have the Segway tour at noon and I wanted a little more time. Temperature today was a perfect 75. It won't be so great tomorrow but the weather will at least be sunny and good for our Historic Oakwood tour vis Segway.

Libbie went to a Dr appointment this morning and texted back that her tire was at 15 pounds. She topped it off at Capis Exxon in Regency park and came home. Since the front tire has 3 plugs and this now is the back tire we went over to Costco and bought 4 new Michelin Defender tires. Total price was $475 including new pressure sensors and mounting and balancing. This should solve the tire problem she has been having. Beth reported a crash on user db entries and repeating pictures. I fixed both issues and submitted the app to Apple for review at 10 PM. This is version 1.0.9
Dinner was spaghetti with tomato sauce and cheese.

I worked on bringing the FC4A app to the same standards as the IOS version. Around noon we went downtown to Artsplosure. It has been moved to Fayetteville Street which I don't think is as great as it used to be. It could be just that it was a cold gloomy day and rained when we got home. On the way back we stopped at the Farmers market for tomatoes, strawberries and blueberries. We also bought some plants from Longwood gardens. At Kroger this morning I bought a 50 percent off Clematis. Libbie made her yummy pizza for dinner today.

We woke to rain today. I spent a good part of the day working on the Android screens trying to make them equal the new IOS app. After a dinner of BLTs we went out to the Symphony for a night with the Rat Pack. I didn't care for the vaudeville routines. Love the symphony music but amplified singing is not foro me. They were singing and shouting too loud into their mikes to be pleasant.

We practiced a few times today while I worked off and on doing the new screen colors for Android. We left for the party at 5:45 and did a few run throughs of our routine. I think we have it down OK for now. The party started at 7:30. We chose a table with Ken and Lana and their two daughters as well as Anita and Beth and Steve. We had a few misses in our waltz. Libbie started off on the wrong foot. The turns were a little out of sequence but acceptable. Something happened during the Chasse and Lock, I'm not sure what. We had too much wine but the food was good. We had BBQ, small fish things and crab quesadillas. Various cookes for dessert finished the meal.

I researched bonds quite bit and ended up buying 25 units of Goldman Sachs for $29,000. This will yield 4.8% which isn't great but it's super safe. We had tuna sandwiches for dinner on some of the bagettes from Tuesday.

We went over to the studio and had a pretty good final tuneup for the dance on Friday. We're starting to bring this whole thing together. We went out to Esquires at 5:45 and made good time. It was lightly attended but we enjoyed it. I tried a waltz but the dance floor was too crowded. The mahi Mahi and the beef were really good. I ate too much dessert.

Today is a day off. We don't have to be anywhere or do anything. I need the time for my apps but I spent too much time learning about telecine machines. Dinner was a shrimp and ceasar salad with homemade dressing. The dressing was terrible. It was too salty probably because of the anchovies.

We did quite a bit of practice today for our waltz. We had a light dinner of spaghetti with cheese then did the rehearsal at 7:30. Our routine went well, we had a few rough spots that need fixing.

I worked on the IOS program today, finalizing the hash tags and removing the import menu item. This afternoon I took a bike ride around the neighborhood when i returned I spoke with Anne on the phone for a while about ALBQ planning then went out again with Libbie. We went around Buckingham then into Vintage Grove into Seagrove before returning home. Libbie made her excellent pizza again for dinner. It came out perfect this time. I managed to upload IOS 1.0.8 into the Apple Test Flight. This one has database updates and also the hash tag function. This will be the version that is released to the public this month.

I spent a good part of the day working on the Raspberry Pi. I found that the Jessie Lite image does not have Java runtime installed. I chose instead to get a full Raspbian image and start the process of configuring it and adding FTP. I learned a thing or two about FTP and CHOWN. I used CHOWN to set the ownership to Pi which allowed me to FTP with a write into the directory. Last night we decided to get together tonight with the Carlsons to go to the Backbeat concert which is Beatles music at the Roadhouse. The Carlsons arrived a little early at 6:15 instead of 6:30 but we toured violets of course then left at 6:30 to get to the Roadhouse at 7. The place was very busy. the band was great as usual but very loud. I enjoyed the two young girls flashing their panties. One in a short red dress sat at the table next to us and another in a black dress kept kicking her leg up on the dance floor giving a wonderful view. I had the Fried Flounder sandwich with a Yuengling. Libbie had the Mac and Cheese. We stayed until 11 and left tired but happy. It was a fun night out with Gary and Janet. During the day I called Uncruise and paid the 14,000 balance with a credit card. They amazingly took it! I get $282 cash back for this.

Outside I moved the trunk of the tree I took down yesterday. This was not too bad of a job - one cart load of wood to the wood pile did the job.
I did a lot of reading about openHAB today. I tried getting a Pi 3 ready for openHAB but had a few problems. Still need to understand this stuff. We had a pretty good dance lesson with Robert today. I got a few things straightened out going into the releve and also the runaround. His suggestions were pretty good. We went to Jessica from the studio's graduation party today. We picked up a $25 Amazon gift certificate for her and put it in a card. There was food and drinks but I suspect most people didn't know there was food. The party ran until 10:30 but we left at 10 because we were tired. Dinner was leftover penne and chicken from yesterday.