Monadnock Hike

Hiking Monadnock with JMans school today. We took the Dublin Trail up and down. If memory serves me right it’s at least 10 years since I hiked Monadnock.


JMan at the trail head.


Trail art.

Not sure who Jim is/was but here’s his junction. This point is well past 1/2 way.


At the top. It was blowing like crazy but not too cold…..once we all got some cover from the wind.


JMan takes it all in.


The entire group…..and yes I was not the only adult.


The best part of hiking is killing all those calories you burned off on the mountain.

Farm visit

The farm stand down the road had an open house today and we went down with JMan for a bit.

More birthday gifts

My (much) better 1/2 not only bought me a bunch of Kuhl gear she also gave me 2 bunches of flowers!


And a cake!


And my buddy Brad gave me this prior to heading west!

Sushi class

JMan and I took a Sushi class today at the Bamboo Restaurant in Westford MA. 


About 16 people attended with 2 Chiefs, 2 translators a few helpers and the restaurant owner.

The head chef explained in Japanese and demonstrated what we were about to do. Then one of the translators repeated in English, then we attempted.


JMan pealing avocado.

Getting some help cutting cucumber.


Rolling up and placing Sushi in tray.


A little help slicing his Sushi.


All cut.


The finished product. All in all it was a lot of fun and the few pieces I sampled were great. JMan asked the manager when the next class will be!

Philadelphia – 3

Old airport terminal building and tower. 


Feeding the wildlife at the train station. Worked the booth till 1 then back to my hotel to meet an old friend Barbara W. It was great catching up.

Philadelphia – 2


Autodesk booth. Today was busy with lots of application questions and how do I do this or that. Made the day fly by.


Remember that post on really big fan. Well I had a few minutes this am to walk around the conversation hall and I found the vendor….and the BIG ASS fan mascot…..a 3′ tall yellow ass!

There was lots of other cool stuff but I don’t want to bore you with all that architectural stuff.