THis morning Elizabeth and her family headed home . It had been a great visit !  we look forward to gettign them back here . 

After they left we got our bikes out and went for a ride down river road.. we have my parents old bikes.. not fancy.. but fun !.. the  wind from riding kept us cool. We ae so lucky to have these beautiful rides just outside our house !

Tonight I started to check out my science gear. this coming week is a major nerd fest. I have 4 science shows and one fluffy show .. it’s going to be crazy !.. I love doing these shows.. though I dont do them as often as I used to.. so I decided to check out my gear.. as fate would have it.. lots of my gear was not workigng and needed repair … my insultinator wont insult, my van de graaf wasnt sparking very well, my small tesla was acting up.. and even my trusty  pickelometer wouldnt turn.. I had to rebuild most of the stuff.. including making a new pickeolemter on the base of my old one . I just happen to have a spare variac siting around.. It was fun and important rebuilding this stuff. 

Looking forward to thsi week. 

as we were headign to bed, dinae got an aurora alert.. there was a high chance of seeign the northern lights ! It was cloudy.. so I didnt think I saw anythign..  but I took some pictures anyway…

I dint see it till just now.. but I think I got a blury picture  of them !

nite all, nite sam 
-me