Diane and I were on the road by 6 this morning heading back to VT. I’d been down in NY for work meetings for the past few days… we took advantage of that to visit some friends (Bruce and Mary Beth, Ruchir, Dave and Jean) and to go down to see Max in his new place.

Ruchir and I took advantage of an hour break in work meetings to hike up Turkey Hill near Yorktown.. It was in the 90’s and humid.. nice breeze at the top. Here we are lookign a bit wilted..

I got to Max’s about 7.  max was still at work..no prob there since I had work calls till past 8.  Around 9  Diane and I walked over to meet max on campus to watch The Colony.. with his friends Angela and max’s roommate Pat.. it was great getting to see the show with Max and his friends  !..

I love the folks at PRatt.. they are all so strange and creative.. exhibit 1.. Max’s other room mate Chad modeling his new fake mustache…

exhibit 2.. Max’s other other roomate JJ’s self portarait as a 50 year old man..

We hung out with those guys until about 2:30.. then I slept for about 3 hours..before we wokfke for the drive home. We got home early enough for me to have a full and productive work day,. then around 7, Diane and I headed to David D’s for a Burning Man work session. Tonight we were working on the ‘clockwork’ the moving heart of the timecycle vehicle. The clockwork is the piece that rotates the the ski lift chairs inside the 20 foot giant wheels. One job we had was to cut out the giant gears that will drive the chair assembly around the clock work.. They were so big that David had to cut them out of three parts  which we welded together.

While Homer and Chris welded,

David and Duane cut parts and Diane and I assembled the bearing and thrust wheels that will hold the moving rings of the clock work.

It was a peaceful and productive session. next session is Saturday when we will assemble the second giant wheel. We need all the help we can get to bag the 1600 pound wheel into shape and get it standing.. If you’re available to help, please let me know..

Yikes.. It’s after midnight again.. and I’m runningo on about 3 hours of sleep.. Gotta jump in bed.. more tomorrow .. nite all, nite Sam !
-me