It’s day two of THINK and my selfie arm is tired . There are 26000 people here and i think I’ve said hi to a quarter of them 🙂 . So many good friends and so many memories ! I love this part of being in this crazy corporate family!

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Another day of think tomorrow. Can’t wait !

Nite all, nite sam

-me

I sat down on the bed in our Airbnb to blog and next thing I knew was Diane was waking me up

I can’t keep my eyes open to write

So I’ll have to tell you about my day tomorrow

Nite all, nite Sam

-me

Tse most amazing gift I got for my birthday this weekend wa a project from Gabe and Max called Project Zatar, .. over the last year, they have been making me short birthday greetings from wherever the y were and whatever they were doing.. there are more than 50 of these little messages from each of them.. from everywhere. Ecuador, the Tetons, from snowboarding, to welding.. all these little moments where they took a few seconds to wish me a happy future birthday. I was even in some of these. without know ing what was going on..  lots of samstones in here too.. look for them.

It’s so amazing and wonderful.. check this out.. 

I love you guys so much.. this means so much to me.

nite sam, nite all
 

 

 

Yesterdayn was a busy,. busy day.. we woke to snow.. the media was callign it the start of Snowpokalypse.. 3-4 days of snow.. ith nearly 6 incehes of snow expected. not the kind of warnign that scares us.. until you see how folks in portland drive in snow 🙂

 

first step at starting  the day was breakfast at gabe’s.. omelets to get us through our day 

 

then we all piled in to the car and headed about 2 hours up into the mountains in search of a hot spring that max had just visited.. The roads were ok at first.. the scenery spectacular 

 

pretty soon we crossed the snow line.. by the time we got to our destination there was more than 6 inches of snow in the road

 

we got to the trailhead and were one of only 2 cars… .. we bundled up and started the 1.5 mile hike into the hills to find the hot springs. 

 

 

the place was amazing.. small wooden houses in various states of repair.. and natural tubs .. max figured ours out and filled it with wonderfully hot water from the nearvy spring

 

Gabe and I did some snow angels to shake off the heat

then it was maxs turn

 

 

we had a nice visitor thr0ughout our stay.. I called him Sam.. just in case 🙂 

 

then we dressed and started the hike back.. more folks were showing up.. we were glad to have been here when we were 

 

we got back to gabes around 6.. and at 7 we made a simple and fun dinner. DIane made a zero carb cheescake ! 

 

the dinner and cheesake were delicious !>. .. 

 

then came soem really amzing surprises.!.. diane had written to a ton of freinds.. and more than 60 of them sent crads.. all of them came to gabes.. . it was so wonderful reading all of these.. If you sent one.. thank you so much !!!!

it was great matching up the card with the folks who sent it.. (Matt.. mellissaa.. this one is amazing) 

 

soem wrote wonderful songs !

soen were 3d printed !

 

some were laser cut

some sent cool science riddles .. Like this one from DIane >> Johncohnium !!!!!!

 

I was pretty verklempt reading all of these.. it made me happy, sad, grateful .. 

 

thanks everyone !

 

Max;s card was plasma cut from a carbide saw blade that will now hang in my shop.. CHeck this out !!!/   Gabe helped with the design n, (Zatar is my kid stage name.. and burnign man name).. squid is my totem animal !

 

the most amazing thing is a movie that gabe and max made its has nearly 100 short vinettes of them ishing me a happy birtdhay at various places and situationsa all through the last year.. it’s SOOOOOO Cool.. I will upload it to share..  it took so much thinking. palanning, editidng.. I cant ebelive they did it !

I love those kids.. so much !

 

we finhed the long and fun day with a midnight showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the CLinton theatre.. they’ve been playing Rocky Horror every saturday night for 40 years !.. That makes it the longes single theatre run of any movie.. ever !!

 

the MC pulled anyoen who hadn’t seen Rocky Hooror up on stage for some challenges befor ethe show. THt meant Gabe and Abbott

 

then the movie started..  hoensly.. i’ve never seen it all the way through.. And still haven’t.. I kept fallign asleep !

it was a reat way to end the day

 

we crawled into bed around 2am.. for abot 4 hours of sleep..

it was an amazing day.. and I really am grateful for my family present, aand absent 

 

i’m a lucky guy

 

nite all, nite sam

-me