Diane and I had a slow day.. nice end to a very nice vacation.. I only worked about 25 percent of the time.. which seems like time off. 

we spent a good deal of the day with our friend James. ..   James invited us for a barfeoot hike of the hills behind his house.. it was really fun .   James’s yard itself is fun !  He has such creative uses for stuff.. .like TV’s 

 

 

then it was time for the hike..   (Diane wearing boots this time) 

 

the woods were saturated with rain like everythign else here.. soemthign Chai didn’t mind at all !

 

there was mud everywhere.. 

 

and slippery logs to climb 

 

james took us up to his ‘gym’ .. a place on the mountain where he has weights, bars, etc. to work out every day,. at 69 // he’s very fitt. Diane and I have to scurry to keep up with him.. and  people who know us know we’re fast hikers. 

 

i put a new samstone next to the one we put here 4 years ago .. in the snow. 

i picked up some foliage on my hike !

 

mud was deep 

 

 

then back to james for a quick cook out 

 

now attempting to ramp back into work.. looking at my email backlog.. 

oh my

glad I had the down time.. up time.. here i come

 

nite all, nite sam

-me