So today I drive John down to Albuquerque and drop him off at the airport. He's going on vacation with his wife in Vegas.

Afterwards, I'm driving back to Santa Fe to visit Stan and Liana, who recently flew in from Boston. Tommorow, we're all going down to Carlsbad. Jessi and Christy from the Los Alamos ultimate team are driving down as well, and on Saturday, the five of us are going caving.

Can't wait!

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I met up with Stan and Liana at their motel, and the three of us waited for Matt and Barbara, a couple of MIT alumni who now live in Albuquerque. They accompanied us to Gabreil's for some of that great guacamole. It turns out Matt was one of the people who helped deploy the CP Car hack (in my opionion, the greatest hack at MIT ever). The five of us spent hours trading hacking stories, it was a lot of fun.

I was the first to leave, I wanted to get to Carlsbad that night and it was already 10:30pm. The drive from Santa Fe to Carlsbad takes about four hours and fifteen minutes at high speed. And a late-night drive like this is perfect for high speed. Highway 285 is pretty much devoid of cars at night and most of it is freshly resurfaced. A great drive. I arrived just before 3:00am.