we woke before 4am and headed to the airport (thanks to kyle for driving). it was supposedly a long trip to santa fe.. but not long enough for me to get everything I needed to do done

we got to santa fe around midday and met Brian , the really wonderful guy we’re renting our van from . the van is really great .. nearly new and really

wrll fitred out . it’s a Thor van bet we’re calling it ‘Loki’

we headed to santa fe to max and becky’s. beckys folks and our good friends george and doreen showed up about an hour after we got there and the  process of prepping for the sunburn festival began

Slept in the van out on the street…. great seeing !
we’re heading out to the desert tomorrow !

nite all, nite sam

-me

today was mostly a prep day for our coming trip to santa fe. spent time at work trying to make up for being gone the previous two weeks in hawaii and getting set for another 2.5 weeks in New Mexico. such a busy summer !

one highlight was that diane handed me the first blue o of the summer !

work is always fun   . something always happening

always interesting  to see who drops by.. today it was rebars family

later that evening i went over to our friwnd marys to see a new piece shes  made for beta. it was so beitiful. ill post some pics here as soon as shes shown it oublicly . its truly amazing

last visit of the day was from olivier’s mom and dad . we got to show them our (currently very messy ) house. they are such warm and fun people !

ok tomorrow we fly again !

nite all, nite sam

-me

This last couple of days have had busy days and busy nights. Like busy nights… I mean mostly the fireflies.… They have been absolutely spectacular. I tried to capture them with my camera but it doesn’t do it justice.…

It’s truly a miraculous sight

nite all, nite sam

-me

busy day at the fluffy site today. only 52 days till she drives out into the desert . this project is fun but taking so much time …I both love and hate it. I love the people though which is making it worth it .

I got home around 5 and we headed up to Debs for a make your own pizza dinner. The dinner was in honor of Olivier’s parents Bernard and Sophie who are visiting from Paris. We haven’t seen them since before covid..   It was really nice to catch up .. Thanks to oliver for acting as translator when needed.

We each assembled our pizzas and cooked them in this cool portable propane-powered pizza oven.. they were both fun  to make and delicious.. the pizzas reflected each of our tastes and personalities

One guest who was watching from a distance was the local bear.. She (?) has been hanging out in Deb and her neighbors garbage cans for several weeks..

while we were cooking.. she was doign this to the dumpster..

Its cool to have the bear.. but I worry that someone is going to call the game warden and that will be the end of this bear..   I hope not !

Good luck Ms Bear !

nite all, note sam

-me