Stayed up too late last night playing with linux.. it’s worse that ..video games.. worse than crack.. I am having so much fun trying to learn this operating system.. The tought that it was built for free by a ton of folks around the world. who didn’t get payed is fascinating to me.. Before I fell asleep, i noticed that our friend luna moth had mirated to the back door. he’s so cool.

I woke up after 8.. meditated then Dianem the dogs and I went for a run up Hiney Hollow The day was sparkling.. in the high 60’s and dry.. the way it’s supposed to be. The weather it always is in my dreams.

We got back around 10… and I took the opportunity to do some trail maintainance that I’d promised I’d do for our neighbor John. The job was to use an old fashioned sythe to trime a bit more than a mile of trail down by the rivershore. I felt like the Grim Reaper. or the Cream Whipper as Sam once said.. It was hard work. I have blisters on both hands even through I was wearing heavy work gloves.. It was great doing a few hours of mindless labor.. I may not think so tomorrow morning. i think I’m goign to be pretty sore.

The rest of the day was pretty nice too.. Mid afternoon, Gabe and Ian went on a bike ride, so Diane Tim, Jen, Martha and I decided to go tubing in the Huntington. .. I couldn’t take my camera .. but it was a hoot !.. We put in at triple buckets and spent about 2 hours floating through some of the prettiest scenery that I know of on the planet.
We drifted through fast rapids, quiet pools, rock cliffs, deep forest and rocky shallows. We saw tons of folks sunning on the rocks.. lots of dogs and soem big birds. We even found a piece of a 19th centruy mill that was stuck in the river.. It was the perfect vermont thing.. Last time I did that was with Sam and his friends..

We spent the rest of this evening getting Gabe readdy for High Cascade. He’s leaving at 6AM tomorrow for a week of snowboarding on a glacier in Oregon. My main job was to mount.. and remount and reremount Gabes new bidings ot get his stance just right. it was weird to be working on a snowboard in 80 degree weather.

OK.. We have to make a grocery store run for Gabe’s trip… so I’ll sign of here.. It was a really nice day.. Hope you had one, too !

TTYL folks.. U2 Sam..
-me

ps. Diane’s poppies are out !