looked better without flash
and Tom's massive meal was partly hidden by syrups
as Jane had even more strawberries
to the amusement of Tom Kessler
who then rode off on his motorcycle
but not before posing with Jane
and me
though neither of us got to try on the helmet. The next stop was Sand Hill Road
where we forgot to record Geoff Yang. Our final stop of the day was at Google
where I was able to capture the CEO with the other founder, Sergei Brin
and so now have a complete photo album of the place.
Back at the hotel, Jacobo arrived with the prototypes
and was excited about his new bowling shirt
as he called ChefRob
to arrange for dinner. En route to our walk, we stopped in Woodside
at Roberts Market where she
served the food, she
took our money (my ribs still are tender) and he
bagged it so that I could eat my chile relleno
Jane could have her pasta
and Jacobo could have his bread and juice
before we began our climb up to Redwood Flat
and beyond where the conquering heroes
posed at the peak though one of them
seemed in a hurry to head to the memorial bench
before we recorded our highest elevation
and started down to Salamander Flats
before finding the path down
to our base camp. On our descent, we came across a photo op, so I
climbed back up as Jacobo captured me in the tree
and then starting
and completing
the complex maneuvers of my descent
much to the relief of Jane
who didn't realize what came next.
Once back on terra firma, we headed off to see ChefRob who posed in his PuCS hat
and then admired his shirt
while preparing for the machinist bowling team photo
with Jacobo. The shop tour highlighted the lathe
and mill
along with the sample pennies
used for precisions tooling. The lathe controls
and sorted parts
wildly impressed me as did the original prototypes
including the one
that cut their fingers
even with the flash off
for a better view. Jacobo showed his new part
which will eventually be jewelry and ChefRob showed his micrometers
with their meters
accurate to thousandths of an inch. Then, we were ready for dinner
at the El Paso Cafe
which needed a pitcher of beer
to get Jane and Rob
ready for the bowling team photo
as Bonnie and I
watched (and played the role of important people (x2)). The chips and salsa
helped Jacobo empty the pitcher
as the main courses came
for the others. I can't remember what they ate, but my vegetarian burrito
was excellent if not colorful.