Happy New Year everybody. We gotta make it a good one. !

DIane and I started the year with a great hike .. 

We had a quiet day around the house.. Early evening we went out to dinner at Tuscano’s with Deb.. then headed to the Gogol Bordello show..    Our friends Hans Maarten and Kim were there.. ran into my buddy Kyle R and Erik ..  

THe show started wth a band Puzzled Panterh that Eugene also played with.. THey were great 

then Gogl Bordello started their set. It was great.. Eugenes parents were in the audience.. Eugene made many shoutouts to his Burlington roots  through the show

Our friends Suze and  Hans Marten and their son Illya and their freind Kim were all up from NYC for NYE.. We saw them all last night on Fluffy.. tonight, Suze and Illya stayed home.. mut Hans Maarten and Kim were here.. Suze called in to say hi !

Last year we waited aroudn and got to spend soem time with Eugeene and the band..   Tonight we diecided we really wanted to head home and sleep !  

So we did !

nite all, nite sam
-me

today is new years eve and we’re prepping to spend the day and night on Fluffy down by the waterfront as part of the annual highlights festival

before we left. our neighbor Carlee came over ot introduce us toher new puppy Oaklee 

Then off to fluffy.. we were there from 2pm until about midnight .. 

It was cold and windy.. .. but super fun 

What a great time.. We saw so many friends !!!!

we got home  by 11. listened to my favorite version of Auld Lang Syne 

Happy New Year everyone.. lets make it a good one.

its up to us !

nite all, nite sam

We got our stuff ready for an early morning departure.. 6 bags including a cicroscope !

We took a look around our lovely  Airbnb.. its run by our freonds Molly and Gail..and their sweet dog Alva. 
its been like a 2nd hoem for us. its so bright and cozy and so close to Gabe !

 

Gabe picked us u .. and we were off !

THen Gabe came by and picked us up and we were off

We had a great seat mate.. all the way from Portland to chicago.. he was headign to bruling ton too. Great story teller

we got to meet his and his partner Dan’s dog  Templeton at the other end 

Nice to be back home !

nite all. nite sam 
-me

Tomorrow morning  Diane and I leave protland.. who knows when we’ll be back. > in a few weeks gabe drives east to Vermont and then heads to Germany. he’s keeping the house rented.. with our good friends shawn and mel.. . 

we did a few chores aroudn the house. Gabe emptied his rock tumbler 

We shipped some packages.. and packed out stuff. after gabes mandolin lesson we took one more visit tot eh moon and six opence and got to say good bye to Gabes freinds Jeff the guitar maker.. and Rene his mandolin teacher.. theyve been great freinds to gabe 

Afterwards we wen t back to the house .. to say goodbye for a while 

Portland has been a great place to visit for us.. we’ll misss it.. but we’re even more excited for what comes next for gabe

nite all, nite sam
_me