Fall Quarter at Cal Poly

Its been a while since I talked with all of you so i figured i'd say hi on the blogspot. Ian i have been looking at some of those pictures on facebook from Italy and they look awesome, i cant figure out whether its a climbing trip or just a general vacation but either way it looks fun! I am actually planning a trip with some friends to Europe for this summer. I think we will start and end in Portugal and go around in a general circle. There is this teacher I have now that lives in Munich and when I visit he is taking me up in a sailplane to fly around Germany for free! pretty excited about that.

Lets see, i guess the big news for me these days is that i just got a new snowboard/bindings/boots. i think you would all agree its about time, what with the 8 year old clip in setup i was using. I actually ended up getting the skate banana you were telling me about last season Ian, and got the 09 model at like 20% off so that makes me happy. now i am just waiting for the white stuff.

Also, during the summer i went on a houseboating trip that I dont know if i told any of you about or not. that was so much fun, it was at lake shasta and man did i enjoy it. I don't know how i never wakeboarded before this summer but damn is it fun.

I suppose the last big thing is that I am teaching an aerospace class right now. it is pretty weird giving lectures/HW/tests but overall its pretty easy money.

Oh ya i forgot, that plane we designed last year won the national design competition so thats cool. we get a cash prize that im basically using on lift tickets this year! It was a cropduster that we named the Spraying Mantis.






Sorry I dont have new pretty pictures, haha boring engineer? oh well, i will try to get something interesting next time.

Anyone going to Boise for Thanksgiving/Christmas? Also i am doing a trip to Tahoe probably around New Years and possibly earlier in Dec. also, let me know if anyone is interested!