Ocean perch.

Waiting to buy some salmon and tuna for a new years sushi dinner.

Hanging with the sea lions!

Flying to SLO with Jenn.

In 30+ flights we've taken across the country this year, this will be the first one we've taken together!

View from hotel in Boston.

Next stop Philly!

Prelube at Uno's

Rocky the christmas dog!

Ahhh the Christmas scorpian bowl.

Improving Christmas eve since 3500BC.

At Teos eating hot dogs with Justin and Jenn.

No way! Krusteaz brand pancakes!

Somewhere in north carolina.

Driving thru south carolina on our way to virginia.

Breakfast of champions!

Long live the waffle house. Not that one but the good waffle house!

Wall of crack cookies at costco.

Snowy Arizona landscape.

Only in california...

It should be noted that this space is closer to the stores than any handicap space.

Catching up... and pictures.

It's been a while since I have sat down to blog. Mostly b/c it's much easier to do it from my phone and I have been on the road a little (going to make a map of it for fun, look for it in January). 

First trip and best of all was a trip to DC to ask Jenn to marry me. I told her I would be there on business and asked if she would like to drive down to DC to hang out before my meetings. We decided to take a walk along the national mall. When we got to the reflecting pool I told Jenn that I kind of lied about being there and told her I was there to see if she would marry me. She was very very surprised and after asking "Really?!!!!" about 25 times she said yes! Convincing my mom (who also thought I was there on Business) that we were engaged took nothing short of getting Jenn, the ring, and that day's edition of the washington post in the same picture. For picture of our engagement weekend, click here.

Thanksgiving in Atlanta was a great time. Got to hang out with Hicks family, enjoy some excellent food and beer (I miss Sam Adams), see a great journey cover band at some bar, and dine at the waffle house (yeah I know it's bad, but homefries with onions and jalapenos???!!!!). Click here to check out the pictures from anywhere here.

From Atlanta it was off to Orlando for the Army Science Conference. I got to spend four days listening too and talking with the world's leaders in science and technology research. Topics included autonomous systems, nanotechnology, neuroscience, immersive technology and more. While in Orlando, I had the opportunity to hang out with my cousins Adrian, Lauren, Derek, and Jamie. We had a great time having dinner and catching up as we walked around downtown Disney.  For pictures click anywhere here. 

After my conference in Orlando my choices were to spend 16+ hours on an airplane and head back to SLO for 3 days or to head to Philly to hang out with Jenn for a few days before my next meeting at Ft Meade in Maryland. Decision was easy, take the shorter flight ;-) While in Philly Jenn and I volunteer to help Harpoon launch it's first 'helping the less fortunate' event outside of new england. We, along with 16 other volunteers helped decorate Project H.O.M.E., in Philly. Harpoon sponsors 30+ of these events on the same day in Boston! For pictures of this event click here. 

Playing with a real Enigma machine.

No Such Agency

Going to national cyrptographic museum before catching a flight home.

It's classy, but is it red roof in no lamp shade classy?

Two words. Fogo de Chao!

Drinking harpoon winter warmer!

Free winter warmer for helping Harpoon decorate Project Home in Philly. A lot of harpoon lovin bahston ex-pats here to help!

Sexy nurse fiancee!

I win! I win!

Out of focus blurry christmas tree at Army science conference in Orlando

The perfect gift after a long day of travel.

My cousins in florida met me at the airport with a gift of harpoon winter warmer. I love that stuff! Had a great time with them! Wish we had more! Maybe when they head to the central coast for some wine tasting? Family picts coming as soon.

A blury picture of a long trip from Atlanta to Orlando.

Took just about 4 hours to fly 450 miles. 2 hours 45 minutes of it were spent taxiing and in a bad weather holding pattern.

Saying good bye to my fiancee in atlanta :-(

At waffle house in ATL with the fiancee and future inlaws

My fiancee who just met me at my gate!

In phoenix heading to atl for thanksgiving.

Spending my first thanksgiving with my fiancee and my future inlaws! Figured travel would be terrible. Other than typical USair delay seems ok. PHX is unusually quiet. Not complaining.

Fountians at chez Baldwin

Atrium at the grand hyatt in DC.

White house. GW says hello!

It reminds me of me!

China town in DC.

Fire!

Fire on the hill behind my apartment. Watching planes drop retardant on flames.

Mmmm home made lolliberry pie!

Good stuff but not sure what a lolliberry is...

It actually an Olallieberry pie. Either way, still good stuff.

Pinot naturale and italian blood orange soda

Great way to start a sunday after a week long cold!

Jeff's feast!

Salisbury trolley wine tour.

Big waves today at montana de oro.

Beach at pirates cove.

Boyce arrives in SLO

Hiking and running the Grade.

The Grade is a 3000'+ mountain range that separates SLO from the high desert. Today was my second time running along the top. Well running and hiking. It gets steep in spots. Definitely one of the best views in the area. You can see downtown SLO, Pismo Beach, Morro bay, and Santa Margarita. There are many mountains it SLO. They all look very big and steep, that is until you're on top of the grade looking down on them. Took a few pictures today. Check them out here.  What's up next in the blog? My apartment is always way to f#$%ing hot, so I have built some solar shields. Won't post the results until I get some data. Thursday afternoon, Jeff Boyce is flying in. Looking forward to some wine tasting, halloween partying, and hiking with a great friend from college! BTW, I can't believe it's been 14 years since we started college! On a quick side note, I miss fall. It's still 80+ and very sunny during the days here. There's no way it could be November in a few days!

Hanks Philidelphia recipe root beer

A little sweet but not bad...

Mmmm sesame chicken!

Salisbury 2006 pinot noir

Not shown: smile on my face!

SLO daily temp swings

It's starting to feel like summer here now. Highs in the 90's during the day... Then starting to feel like winter at night w/ lows in the 40's. A 50 degree swing once the sun goes down. At least my apartment stays at a balmy 85 when this happens :-(

Columbus day in Philly w/ Jenn

Just got back from a long weekend in Philly w/ Jenn. We fit a lot in to a short trip. Out to dinner, watched football, did a small bar crawl, made dinner and breakfast and Jenn's apt, went pumpkin and apple picking, saw some animals, made apple pancakes and apple crisp, and corn muffins, played $25 worth of Big Buck Hunter for $10 (Jenn worked out that amazing deal. My trigger finger still hurts!). For pictures click here. On a side note, my tickets we're not all that expensive for a holiday weekend. Just took 13 hours and 3 flights each way (yeah yeah took the settler's like weeks and many died, that was then this is now...). Next time it's 2 flights or less.  Oh and to make this more fun, landed in SLO and my car battery was dead. Airport people were great! Got a jump and was on my way in 10 minutes later and I was on my way. 

Stay tuned for an exciting post this weekend as I discuss cleaning my apt...

Apple picking in media.

A nice hot? Fall day.

Nightmare crowds and misbehaved kids at a pumpkinfest.

Yay screaming!

Jenn's new do!

having coffee in Philly!