Diane was up early to head out to Portland to give Gabe a hand with Setup . He starts grad school next week !

I got out of bed.. already missing her.. and took the dogs for a walk.. There were two magnificent herons there to say hello 

 

around 7:30 TIm came by and pciked me up. We were carpooling to the VT STate task force on Phosphorus reduction. . it was in one of the annex buildings.. kinda simple. 

 

great commitee memebrs on this pannel.. all sorts of people.. including Dave from Cabot dairy.. Cheese Bonus !

 

 

lots goign on at work to.o.. so I was busy till late.. then met up with Jarrod. Ryam amd paul at  Dpug’s Boathose.. a tiny old fashioned restaurant right at where the Winooski meets Lake Champlain.. 

 

 

 

the place had the most amazing sunset !

 

 

from there a quick viast to Genreator to show Jennn K wht I’d done for her Makerfaire peace.. SO nice seeing all my freinds there ..   Lots of squid motifas tonight.. funny as thats my alma mater. 

 

then paul , ryan. jattod and I went to art riats , ate and schemed of goofy ideas..

it really doesnt get any better than that !

 

as I was abot to drive home, I saw that alterator was open.. Matt and Ben where there.. so good catching up with them !

 

 

what a full day !

\nite all. nite sam

-me

 

Got to mix work and fun today .. had a long productive  meeting with my friends Mac, Jeb and Naeem.. 

 

then back to Concord to hang out with my friends and wonderful hosts Renee, Dave, and Halle.. .. The guest of honor tonight was our mutual very good friend Spa from brazil by way of Atlanta.. We managed to get away with only a little work talk. it was so good seeing all these guys !

then drove home

ok.. it’s late.. and very hot out (78 degrees at 1 AM).. lets see if sleeping is an option

 

nite all, nite sam

-me

Greetings from Concord mass… I’m down here tonight for an morning meeting tomorrow In Cambridge. I’m staying at my friends Renee, Dave Halle and Cibu. They have a wonderful place here in Concord… So great hanging out with them.

We found a really crazy coincidence… Renee was watching a video I had posted yesterday in honor of my brothers birthday… Dave was in the next room and recognized Billy’s voice. It’s turns out that Dave worked with Billy in the very early days of his cardiac stabilizer stuff sometime in the mid 90s here in Boston… it really is a small world

Not much else to report today… Interesting High Point was that we kicked off the Vermont task force on artificial intelligence today in Montpelier . I Was asked to serve on this panel that is looking at the pros and cons of promoting Ayite and Vermont… Such an interesting question even to consider… I’m really looking forward to those conversations

Not much else to report… More tomorrow

Nite all, nite Sam

-me

very little labor in this labor day.. We did finsh hangign the new storm door.. 

aroudn 2 we got the idea to drive up the river and tube back to our place.. it was a perfect day for it.. it was 90 degrees here !

 

we pulled off at the long trail parking area and grabbed our innertubes

 

 

the water was cold.. but nice.. we put I ust by the long trail foot bridge

 

it was abotu a 2 hour float back to the house. 

 

o put a smastone on a big rock we’ve soemtimes eaten on . 

 

at one point diane and I saw a culvert e’d never explored.. we paddled over there and got out.. there as soem old train track s.. perhaps from the big wreck that was near here.. 

 

 

the culvert dates from 1926.. the year before the flood.. amazing it survived that 

 

there were 4 culverts lined up.. one for the railroad, 2 for the interstate asn one for route 2.. we decided to walk them .

 

giant spiders guarded the entrance 

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the scenery,. light and sound in the culverts was amazing.. check out the videos below 

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ok.. gotta get soem sleep.. more tomorrow..

 

nite all. nite sam
-me