DIane and I spent a peaceful and social day here out on the left coast. We began with a 4 mile or so run including the three mile loop up to the Radio dish above Stanford. . Lots of climb

Then we took a drive down to Santa Cruz to see our friends Will and Juba.. We had a nice breakfast with them before they headed north to se the Dead at tonights show.

 

 

Mid afternoon we dropped by my freind Paul nd Dan’s for a really nice lunch.. great catching up with them , their kids and Pauls Mom ROsmary. The trips there always have to include a little science. I tried out a new spin on the old standard vinegar nd bakign soda..  it’s worth a try

put a half inch or so of baking soda in the bottom of a clear container. Put a few blobs f different colorr food coloring on it, then pour in several inches of salad oil.

then slowly pour in some vinegar. The vintager sinks to the bottom of the oil and hits the baking soda and food dye.. it creates blobs of colored liquid floating up through the oil, that eventually sink back down.. kinda like a lava lamp.. Try it !

 

Then we went back to the wonderful  Dinah’s homel.. a cool and retro oasis in in Palo Alto.. You gotta love that they had both a bible and a book on buddha in the night stand

 

 

every space between buildings here is full of koiponds. taboo and trees. It’s really lovely.. you gotta check it out if here. 

 

 

later in the evening we went over to see my cousin Mark and his wife Kathy.. e sat out back of their beautiful house and watched an amazing post sunset cloud show .. 

great day.. tomorrow’s the concert.. more on that then.

now some jet lag required sleep

nite all, nite sam

-me