T - 8 days

[nibot]

1. Got to an acceptable stopping point on one of my lab projects today... Just in the nick of time, tomorrow is my last day! Here's a little video on Facebook.

2. The family's talking about celebrating Thanksgiving at uncle likeabikemike's old Victorian wood-stove-heated house in Loyalton CA, north of Lake Tahoe. I think it would be awesome to fly there. There's a nearby airport called Sierraville Dearwater O79 Airport -- it's so small, they don't even sell fuel (approach video). It's 152 nautical miles northeast of Palo Alto, which seems quite doable. I would have to take a mountain flying course first to learn how to cope with updrafts and downdrafts and turbulence over the mountains and all that. With cold weather in November, I would guess that density altitude wouldn't be a big factor, but the field elevation is approx 5000 feet.



3. Still don't have a confirmed pickup day for the shipping company who will ship my stuff (suitcases, artwork, bicycle) to California. Hopefully that will get arranged tomorrow... If all else fails I could probably schlepp it all as checked luggage.

4. I cleverly misplaced my German bank card... I think I left it in a tram ticket machine. Of course the replacement card takes 7-10 days to arrive. Presumably I can get by on €10 for the next week...

Comments

[eqe.livejournal.com]

ZOMG that's the airport that you almost drive on to get to the Sierraville Hot Springs hippie resort. I did thanksgiving there, god, it must have been 7 years ago, with linley back when we were together. It was AMAZING.

[nibot.livejournal.com]

That's the place!

[nibot.livejournal.com]

I went to REWE this evening with a fistful of coins!