Around 1m we got the idea to go up Mt Mansfield.. the tallest Mountian in the state.. we decied to take the Laura Cowles trail up and ht eSunset Reidge trail down.. Gabes thinkign was that Cowles was so steep that no one else would be on it. Despite a packed parkign lot, almst nobody was on the Cowles trail.. and it was steep !

  

 

here we were at the top.. it was pretty cold.. so we didn’t stay long.. 

 

there’s Stowe in the background

 

the clouds rolled in just as we got to the top.. it was  cool effect. 

 

here’s looking over towards home.. it’s amazing that we’re ony about 10 miles from hme.. just over the boys high school 

 

we were late when we got home.. had to shower and get straing tot andy and jen’s for dinner.. the light there was beutiful  

 

it rained a bit .. and we had an amazing rainbow sho 

 

great dinner, great freinds 

 

ok. falling asleep. ore tomorrow

nite all, nite sam

-me

 

I always make a strong point about keeping both work and politics out of this blog.. but today I have to bend the rules on both 

I was very happy today to see the head of my company stand up against intolerance and hatred   http://fortune.com/2017/08/16/ibm-ginni-rometty-trump-forum/

It makes me proud to be an IBMer. 

 

nite all, nite sam

-me

 

all day meetings for work. Around 5:30 I went out to finish my swamp cooler for burning man. it’s looking very cool !

 

inside it has a 12 v pump that circulaes water over an evaporative cooling matt. high power 12v fan puls air across the matt therough holes in the side.. . A combination of tubes and couplers will deliver it the tent.

the whole thing runs on a deep cycle lead acid cell charged by a 50 watt solar array.. . It all folds down and fits inside itself for travel…

hope it keeps us cool !

 

 

here’s a cool guy !

 

nite all, note sam

-me

Day started erly with meetings.. but managed to take off in the afternoon to meet up with  new old friends.  We know  Kim and Kathy  from more than 10 years ago… but have recently reconnected. Kim is the Dean of Undergraduate Research at MIT and the founder of the Edgerton Lab.  He rund DLAB which sends students to countries in need to teach making skills to solve local problems with local skills. I want to get more involved with that . 

 

Kathy is a multitalented educator who currently works in communicating about the public health implications of Climate change.. They live in Lexington Ma.. nd also have a house in Rochester Vermont about an hour south east of us. Kim and Kathy are up for a couke of weeks so we drove down to take a hike and catch up. 

 

we hiked Rochester Moutnain.. whcih was a short sweet hike to the top with views tot eh East over New Hampshire. 

 

the trails were wet from last nights rain..s o the frogs and toads were happy !

 

 

there were memorials to several young guys a the top..   with signs of memorial gatherings. 

 

 

we added sam to the party 

 

the views ot the east were really nice.. 

 

we then walked  back down for Pie at their sweet house.

 

Kathy showed us the amazing DNA/RNA/Protein synthesis teaching kits that she and Kim hd developed. they  started with Lego.. now they use custom injection molding and wonderful instructional material that Kathy develped.. We went through  DNA replication, tRNA synthesis and protien synthesis.. theis is a truly wonderful way of learnign how life really works !

 

here are the base pairs grouped into codons, 

 

then tRNA synthesis 

 

then protien sytheesisi in the ribosomes 

 

here are the amino acids.. 

it was so inspiring to talk to them 

great day !

 

jus after we got home , I got a text from our good freind Tammy asking if we were home … she, her husband Gary and two reallynice freinds from NC were in our driveway.. so we got to hang out with them ..

 

it was great seeing this many friends on a work day !  

ok.. time for sleep. more tomorrow.

nite all, nite sam

-me