gurdymonkey | Houston, we have a laptop

A partially set-up one. I can't wait until I have everything finally copied and loaded onto it that I want. THEN I can start deleting the software that came with this that I DON'T want.

And this plugging and unplugging the mouse and going back and forth is special.

Crown was pretty mellow, at least for someone who has no vested interest in the outcome. I picked up

layla_lilah early, we grabbed some hot beverages at Peets and got on the road at a good time and didn't have to deal with any bad traffic. We made it to site in time for AM court, and borrowed a bit of shade from the Wolfscairn folks. Got to have some nice visits with various folks, including

acanthusleaf who is always fun to chat with. Found a nice little place on 116 for dinner called the Henweigh Cafe. The bourbon flank steak was excellent.

Sunday my computers were talking to each other via cable so I went out to the Oakland Zoo. Got some great black and white botanical shots and there was an extremely cooperative chimpanzee who sat in a spot where I could shoot him without obstruction, however, I have not satisfactorily figured out how to tell my camera how to focus on what's behind the wire instead of the wire itself. Clearly more practice is needed.