Long, fun day here in Portland. My day began at 5:30 with some calls for work.. I managed to get lots of my work in by midday due to the time  zones.. 

Diane and I went on a short run durign one of my conference calls.. it was fun looign at the neighborhoods, chackign out the bumber stickers.   and the flowers 

this afternoon gabe lead us aroudn the city lookign at potential apartments.. he found a few he really liked !

it was fun seeing so much o fthis part of the city !

at 6 we met our old vermont firends Kat and Rick for dinner.. and 20 Questions about portland. It was really great catching up wiht those guys.. and they were so hepful with a zillion facts abotu gabes new adopted home. 

we took another longish walk to get ice crea.. then walked back throught he dark . 

cool patterns from LED steet lights 

ok.. super sleepy.. better close my eyes.. more tomorrow

nite all, nite sam

-me

hello from 36000 feet. I just realize ive been off airplanes for neary .. what ? 2 months !

Diane , gabe and I are about to land in portland for a little scouting.. and a little vacation. Max and becky and raya join us next monday.

ive been to portland a few times..but never rally looked around.. im eager to check it out..

If anybody has some most see/must do ideas for portland or any other part of north west oregon, please let us know !

ok.. getting ready to land.. so more tomorrw

Nite all,nite sam

-me

We all spent parts of  the day working and the evening organizing for our trip to Oregon.. I call it ‘oregonizing’ 

this morning took Satori to the vet to get her teeth scaled and cleaned.. she’s 10 and has trouble wiht her teeth. she needs to be 

under anesthesia to get them clean.. I felt so bad for her.. but she didn’t seem worried when I dropped her off. 

here’s the pictures fro the procedurs.. she actually looks pretty fierce liek this !

another pre travel ritual, Gabe and I had to transfer the Sake we’re makign to the secondary fermenter. 

after work I had a board meeting with generator. We’re ending the fiscal year in great shape.. 

membership growing, moeny in the bank, excellent staff..  more classes than ever.. 

and a wonderful board. 

Dan .. our leader saifd this tkaed the ‘bored’ our  of ‘board’ 

ok.. gotta finish packing

nite all, nite sam

-me

Ended the work day today with a great member meeting at Gnerator. We had neary 2 folks and some good food WIde ranging conversation. where we welcomed our new shop foreman Eliot. 

they still had  this crazy poster of me in the lab

the more I hang around generator, the happier I am.. 

note all. nite sam

-me