This morning was so cool. our CEO and my all time hero Kyle Clark presented in a panel to the house transportation and infrastructure committee. As always , Kyle crushed it.  He was able to describe the technology, the opeprtunities, the economics.. and the needs that BETA and the industry have for clear and predictable regulations. He made us all so proud.. he always does !

Rest of the day was fun.. i’m doign a very cool data project.. new stuff, new people. new sceince.. I love thahse aspects of my job !

Cant go in to that in detail here.. of course.. 

but I can show this very sunny proof that ooutside lunches are not happening this month 🙂

nite all, nite sam
-me

Its been a great trip.. travel home was complicated due to delays.. but we made it home finally after midnight.. 

we left early after a quick goodbye to max, becky and violet.. 

That meant hangign out in the tiny but cute Sanat Fe airport.. the tile in the bathroom had a destinct pattern known in my trade as a “non-slicing” architecture. its commonly comes up when doscussing the placement and wiring of components on a silicon chip. It got me thinking of an important paper by one  of my heros.. Prof Martin Wong   ..
which got me thinking of one of my giggest heros.. my PhD advisor Prof Rob Rutenbar… I sent this pciture to Rob with a note saying how much I appreciate everythign he’s done for me and for our field over the years.. what a guy !!!!

Trip home was long, crowded and scenic

 

Got home after midnight.. so nice to be home

nite all, nite sam
-me

Got back home after long delys ..  .. nice to be back.. even if the house is a little chilly !

nite all, nite sam
-me

Today was our last full day in Santa Fe… We spent the mornign helping around the gardens. I helped clean up the patio from the leave litter we’d made, while die worked with becky in the garden with becky. 

   We  dropped Max off at Make Santa Fe, the makerspace that Max sometimes uses. Today he was meeitng with his mentee (is that really a word ? protégée ?) Olvie. She’s a super creative high school junior who’s learning  cad , and animation. we saw some of her projects.. totally amazing. she crocheted Max a virus !

it was great seeing how Make wsi layed out.. they have soem amazing metal and pottery shops.. including a 3d printer that prints in porceline !

they also have an annual power tool race.. ehre’s one of the vehicles. 

they have a small electronics shop too.

As soon as max was done with his mentoring  we picked him up and headed upp past 10000 waves to Chamisa canyon.. it was a spectacuar hike.. We foudn a great spsirit circle for a Samstone .. 
There was the most amazing sunset, too 

We ended the day.. and our visit by wlkign up to Tuneup for an ealry and delicisons dinner. Its one of our favorite places.. CHeck out this ICE poster

Its been such a great visit. Max and Becky have been great hosts.. its been really nice being with them.> 

we’ll all be together in a few weeks.. which is nice

Now.. heading home early tomorrow

nite all, nite sam
-me