Had a nice dinner with friends. The ones in the kitchen floor are very young friends, two of them I have known for about 20 years, they are now twenty something. They all have good heads in their shoulder and are fun to interact with. Someday their generation will be in charge of this world, ...  think their generation will be alright with that.

Well, Christmas, New Years and 2008 are history.  Today, was out and ran into Grace, we chatted for a few minutes during lunch. Grace and I worked together for a few years, it was good to catch-up. 

Have done a couple 8 mile hikes, and one 38 mile bike ride. Not bad for 5 days into the year.   Have also spent several 10s of hours on projects: Photo restorations, learning to use a database application for a project, and since friends have gone back to work, have planned to RV at or near the coast, south from here. Will leave in a couple of days and be back in about 3 weeks. I will miss my friends, but the call for “wanderlust” is strong in me, it will not be denied.