Lilian's Tree

While my family, back home are having a heatwave, the weather in Salt Lake City has turned, cool, wet and windy. Just the day to spend inside, listening to various talks. I was shown a short-cut into the Convention Centre, this morning and I'm not outside for long. This will be good tomorrow, with it going to be cold. Might have to find my scarf! These three photos show the vendor hall, from upstairs, when it is empty. Tomorrow I'll take one when it has people in it.  The is a good range of vendors and I've spent time talking to different ones.   Before the first session started we had the Australian Contingent photo. There were a couple missing. It's good to see so many Aussies here.   My first session was on Writing an Effective Research Plan . While I do write plans and try and follow them, it was good to get a different perspective.   I then dashed upstairs, well rode the escalator, to Level 3 and my Find My Past sponsors lunch. Ve...

Well it isn't 24 hors since I arrived and I've been out and about, courtesy of Roger Moffat and his lovely wife Lisa, they picked Jill Ball and I up this morning and after a couple of stops, took us to Snowbird ski fields. Had a close call with a small heard of deer, that ran across the road, in front of the car, in front of us. They are soooo cute. Also saw a squirrel. Lunch in the café and then a gondola ride to Hidden Peak. A pleasant 34F at the top! And a bit of wind. This was our lunch view. The ride up. The view from the top. Frozen. Gondola These two were from the return trip. A little bit of home. Yes, under that snow is a round-about!   Going to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner, one place without a TV, as it is SuperBowl Sunday.   More latter, Bye, Lilian.