On the way home from work today, I got a call from Dan on my cell phone telling me that he was in a Hummer stuck on a sandbar in the middle of the Rio Grande. That's one you don't hear every day. There should be pictures available soon. Although he was over 100 meters from the shore, his friends were on the way with winches so he wasn't in trouble or anything. But it was funny that his AIM away message at the time read "Not not getting the Hummer stuck in the Rio Grande."

Nina got her telescope working last night and we looked at Jupiter and three of its moons, a half-phase Venus, and a nice half moon. We also went rock climbing at the gym, and I kept working on 5.9's. I can do most of the 5.9 routes at the gym when I'm fresh. Once I can do them all I'll move up and start working on the 5.10a's. I think I'm back to where I was with my climbing ability before I had surgery.

Actually saw and spoke to Molvig today. He's in town for a committee meeting that he chairs. He's going to swing by my office tomorrow and I'll get him "caught up" on where my thesis stands. Haven't talked to him in months before today.

Now I'm off to a search & rescue training meeting in Santa Fe.