i friends.. I’m writing from bed and it’s only 9:45. I woke up with some sort of bug this morning.. I’ve been feeling feverish and achy all day. I’m pretty sure I got it from the woman who was sitting behind me on the flight down to Pittsburgh. She kept saying how bad she felt.. I’m sure my defenses were down after the travel to burning man and Pittsburgh..
It’s kinda nice to be a little sick.. it sort of forces you to slow down.. As such, I don’t have much to report..
This morning was very quiet.. I did some catching up on the placed and found SamStones on the SamStones website .Angus. MJ, Burt and Sarah came over with a donation to the Sam Cohn Fund. Angus has made another snowboard movie dedicated to Sam.. the money is from the sponsorship. He did the came thing last year with the Tonar project he did with some friends . It’s so cool and generous that he does this !

Around mid afternoon I worked with Gabe and Jack to make a skateboard ramp.. I estimated it would take a half hour.. it took 3 hours. I was in my normal manic state when I get on a project and didn’t notice the time.. I could tell the kids were getting restless.. but in the end, it came out pretty well. We took it down to Gary and Jean’s in Richmond. Thier house is sort of on a cul-de-sac now that the richmond bridge is closed ! The kids had a good time skateboarding on the now empty road.. Gary and Jean say it’s erie how quiet it is without the cars.

We all walked across the bridge and got Pizza at the Bakery and took it back to Gary and Jean’s to eat..

One other thing that happened today is that I had to say goodbye to a good freind. my old trusty Canon Powershot that I’ve been carrying for a year and a half to illustrate this blog has fibally bit the dust.. literally. Burnign man really did it in. I tried to take it a part to clean it.. but was not able to get it all working again.. Tomorrow I’ll need to get it’s replacement. It’s been a good companion to me. I’ll have to think of something cool to do with it.

So.. In liu of new photos.. let me share a couple of shots that Cesar and Lucy took on their cross country trip…

Here’s a Samstone they placed on the Tesla monument at Niagara falls.. I’m a big tesla fan.. Sam once wrote a reort on him and went into school dressed like Tesla !

Here’s one they placed at Old Faithfull Geyser

Here’s one at the Devil’s Tower in Wyoming

And finally one thye place at Mt. Rushmore !

Sam is truly everyhere…

OK.. All for tonight.. more tomorrow. G’nite friends.

Love you Sam
-me