The past couple of weekends have been productive and fun. Two weekends ago myself, Bill, Rose and Stuart all passed our ham radio licensing exam administered by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and licensed through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). We are using ham radio in the 4Runner when we travel with friends to make sure we all end up at the correct destination; plus, it's fun to be able to chat along the way. The range on ham radios can be hundreds if not thousands of miles when connected to a repeater. They use the VHF FM band, so clarity is amazingly good.
A few other activities:
- We did a Thursday night River Cat's game sponsored by Hanna's company.
- Hanna did the Davis Moonlight run with her co-workers and did really well.
- Spent a day at Six Flag's Discovery Kingdom riding rollercoasters.
- Had my sister, Joe and Derek up for a weekend of visiting. Hit the RV show at Arco Arena on their last day before they left town.
- Were invited to dinner at Mike and Marin's family's house for an excellent feast of salad, ribs, chicken, steak, pasta and quinoa.
I also started a "new" job last week. It is still with the same company (basically a new boss and new collegues) and the job is very closely related to what I was doing previously, but I am now assigned to work on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), which is a fancy name for the twin tunnels project that diverts water from the Sacramento River near Freeport for delivery to farms in the Central Valley and to thirsty citizens of Los Angeles. The BDCP is no less than 23,000 pages long, so I have my work cut-out for me.
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