Melbourne Australia - early arrival and time to kill

Landing at 7am gives you a whole day to enjoy but doesn't get you in to your room until sometime after lunch.
Fortunately, the hotel of choice had a gym with shower and I got cleaned up and hit the streets.  Great sunny spring day in Melbourne.  Lots of great old and new architecture that all blends together.
A room with a view, on the edge of the central business district and a park across the street - could get used to this spot.  New neighborhood for me to stay in.

Melbourne Australia - Big Footie Weekend

AFL, Australian Rules, Football grand final this weekend in Melbourne.
A local Melbourne Team that hasn't been in the finals for 37 years is in - plus a team from Adelaide.
Only in Victoria do you have a public holiday for the grand football finals - and of course a horse race a few weeks later.
Friday featured a parade to kick off the big weekend.  And it was a great sunny spring day so great to be out with the crowd.

Los Angeles CA - LAX

Layover at LAX on my way to Australia.
More layover time than I needed and too early to check in so I just walked from end to end of the airport at couple times and took in the 80F day and all of the people coming and going.
Slow, slow experience to get inside - glad I don't have to come through here very often - wow.

Saint Paul MN - Hot and steamy day 3

Day 3 of 90 plus temps.  Record to have three days in a row in MN this time of year.
Also, got to hang with Abbey, Eileen and Kindra.

Saint Paul MN - hot and steamy bike ride

Day 2 of 90 plus temperatures in Minnesota in late September.
Stopped at a new spot in downtown Saint Paul to check it out and cool down a bit before we headed back up the hill to get home.

Saint Paul MN - The first day of fall

3PM on Friday the first day of fall and the temperature is sitting at 92F - normal high this time of year would be 65.
And of course if comes with the summer humidity to match.
Expect a hot and steamy bike ride in the morning.

Saint Paul MN - NIcket the new guy

Nicket from Sri Lanka has joined the Mac Team.
This weekend was the official meeting event.  However, I got to meet up with him and his father before he moved in to the campus.  And then he was able to join us for Mom's 90th celebration.  So by the time we had dinner with the rest of the Team he seemed to be all settled in with Mac and Cashman experiences.

Twin Cities - hot here too

After three days of 100 in Vegas I got home to 90 and humid in Minnesota in mid-September.  Amazing.  But then we are also expecting that we could be in the 40s by the weekend.

Las Vegas NV - in and out for work

I bet it has been at least 10 years since my last trip to Vegas.  And like most places it has only gotten bigger and busier.
It was 101 when I walked off the plane.  Wow - plenty warm.

Rochester MN - Big Birthday Weekend - 90th

Despite ongoing clean up in Texas, rubble still being cleared in Mexico, the entire state of Florida getting beat up by a hurricane and unprecedented wildfires throughout the West we still found time to all gather and celebrate Mom's 90th birthday over the weekend.
Lots of "epic" things all happening at the same time.
Great group that used to gather often and now doesn't gather often enough.
And cards and greetings from around the world continue to come in - official birthday today September 11.

Saint Paul MN - Labor Day Weekend BBQ.....the end of summer

The Mac guys are landing over the weekend - Qifan was available, Kristijan got a better offer and still waiting to hear from Nam if he is on the ground.
And some of the regular rascals all gathered for a perfect evening for the beginning of September.