We all wome That’s super early this morning and got to the airport by around six. Gabe headed out to Oregon, Max headed out to New Mexico and Raya Diane and I headed back to Vermont. The flights back we’re bumpy but otherwise uneventful. We got off the plane and lo and behold most of the snow was gone. Not all… But you can tell that spring is only a month away. That’s a far cry from the 90° weather we had yesterday.

It was a really great vacation… And it feels really great to be home

nite all, nite Sam

-me

Today is my lovely Diane’s birthday. She really is the most awesome wife, mother, friend, doggie mom that I know. I am so grateful that she is my life partner. I love her so much…!

This House in Florida is a great place to celebrate her birthday .!

We had a pretty lazy day… Becky left early this morning. Then Diane and I took a nice long walk on the beach to sand the calluses off our feet

Note her new circuit board hearings… Gabe called them “mother boards and “… Good geek mom humor

We had a big late breakfast and a tiny party . Diane never likes a big deal made about her

Then we took a paddle in the two kayaks. The tide was going out so it was surprisingly hard going and wicked hot… We saw some cool he iguana and birds

Viktor and Pina Came over and Everyone went to the beach while I worked a little bit. Couple of crazy things going on at work… Couldn’t avoid it.… But secretly, I really don’t like sitting on the beach. so I wasn’t too disappointed to actually run into them coming back from the beach when I was heading down to meet them 🙂

Gabe Gabe Victor and Pina a nice collection of pictures from when all the cousins were very young.… There were some great ones of salmon there… And Pina had never met him. It was a nice moment

We all hung out in the pool and spa for a while and then went out for a really nice early dinner. Went to a place called pirate’s something or other… That had excellent seafood!

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Now we’re packing for an early morning home. It’s been a great trip. Now back to winter 🙂

Happy birthday Diane! We love you so much !

Nite all, nite Sam

-me

We started off at a brunch with victor and Pina and some family and friends

. ran In to this guy. Took me a We. To realize that his shirt reduced to MIT. He was a graduate from about W20 years back

We all headed back home , then Diane and I went over to meet Vince, Trish and pat , triaged dad

We headed out of town about 40 min to thE shores of the Everglades . There we met back up with Pina and victor for a ride through the Everglades

We all got in a group and we were assigned a boat

Ours was the tata express

We took off at about 60

Mph and 126 dB. (I measured !$

Our guide was very good . He Was a retired veteran and a survival skills teacher. For fun he helps people capture wild anacondas in python’s that are loose in the Everglades. He estimates there are half a million of them out there and they are eating all of the native wildlife. The crazy thing is they all grew out of a small population of abandoned exotic pets.

Our guide and his group called the “swamp apes and “capture these huge snakes…And take them to a local university where they are exposed to a crispr Modified retrovirus the changes their germline to render them and anyone they meet with sterile. Over the years it’s hope that this will reduce or eliminate them as an invasive species.

Our guide was great at storytelling… It was also pretty good at finding cool wildlife. I didn’t see a lot but it was still fun. Like the small alligator

. And some cool looking birds

Our guide reached down and picked up a fish right out of the water

Here’s a bigger alligator

We the. Drove back with Vince Trish and pat .

Dianne and I took the kayaks out for a short paddle. We wanted to see an alligator that gabe and raya had seen. It turned out to be plastic but still scary

Later tonight we all made a really nice fish and steak dinner… Vince and viktor and Pina all came over and we played with a tesla coil and the Veramen

Nice day. !

Time for sleep !

Nite all, nite sam

-me

Today was the big day for Victor and Pina.. we woke late . took a nice run then came back and made a big brunch.. 

 

I hhad a little electronics to do for a gift I was making for victor and pina.. we gave them light up headbands

 

the only thing I had to shrink the heat shrink tubing ws the grill.. mmmm.. whats thhat cooking ? 

 

we took a walk to the beach

 

then around 3:30 headed over to the hotel for thhe wedding 

 

the ceremony was outside and was short and sweet.. 

 

thhe groomsmen got customized flasks ! 

 

the wedding party was taking pictures.. so so did we !

 

afyer the ceremony and drinks and snacks we hehaded up to the tower for dinner

 

you could see the whole city !  the house we are renting  is  just about the center of this picture 

 

then some toastes from Victor and pinas freinds and family 

 

then a couple of hhours of dancing .. interesting mix of english and spanish.. (Pina’s from coumbia) 

 

 it’s a tradition in our culture that when all your kids are married, they carry you around in a chair ,. maybe its not joes culture.. but we did it anyway !

 

great day.. great wedding for two wonderful people !

 

more tomorrow 

 

nite all, nite sam ..( we were thinking about you all day !)

-me