Got to the UK around 11 this morning.. Friend dave picked me up which gave us a good long time to work… Got to Cambridge late afternoon

I’m staying at CHrists College on the Cambridge campus.. spartan.. but nice enough.. beautiful grounds

 

.. worked for a bit.. slept..

 

then we went out to explore a bit before tomorrows meetings. The must do while hereis punting on the river. it’s basically a shallow boat that you push with a pole. not hard to learn, not fast, not elegant.. but fun

 

Then we took a tour of the Cambridge Makerspace with Friend Milosch

 

then dave, milosch and I had a nice dinner and talked work and IoT.. really good and educational

Here’s milosch with the  wonderful light up satchel he designed.

It seems thats all the pictures I can transfer due to a network problem.. but you get the idea.. More from here tomorrow !

 

nite all nite sam

-me

 

On my way to the UK after a really nice weekend. Today we spent working on the barn. I sy ‘we’.. which means I watched Good freind Tim and Gabe repair a bunch of rot near the barn door. It had been caused by lots of snow and rain  that had splashed up there.. we’re now installing gutters to manage that . It’s all part of a big painting project that gave is leading.. I’m proud of how he’s taking this on..  We’re also so appreciative of Tim’s expert help.. we learned a ton from watching him work !  He brought Priscilla and dog Stella too.. which was an extra bonus !

 

It’s gonna look good as new !

nite all, note sam

-me

 

 

 

Today was the day of the big Floata-palooza benefit for the Chill program.  Chill is a program started by Burton to get kids  into board sports who might not otherwise get the chance. I was surprised to learn that wasn’t restricted to just snowboarding.. it also includes skateboarding battle boarding, skim boarding.. maybe even being bored in school (lol)

 

Folks started showing up around 9 and they couldn’t find a place to fill up their rafts.. We offered our front yard.. It was great getting to meet so many happy folks !

hey

 

 

Around noon we all pulled our floats down to the river..

 

 

Around noon we all headed down to the river

 

house

 

 

That Town really came together and helped Cara drove kids from parking.. the parts set up a snack stand on their land.. it was awesome !

 

I floated most of the day with my buddy mike.. we were without question the .. uh.. most mature folks floating..

 

it rained for about 3 min.. but looked pretty feirce

 

Great.. great time.. took us about 3 hours total.. then busses took most of the kids back to their cars..

 

 

One other cool thing that happened today. Lee is painting our house.. He took me up in the lift to show me some issues with the roof line.. This is about 50 feet in the air..

 

great, great day..

hope you had one too !

 

nite all, nite sam

-me