Suzy

My parents had to put their dog, Suzy, to sleep today.  She was just over 17 years old.

I remember playing with her as a puppy.  She liked to play tug of war with her rope while moving back and forth.  If you put your hand on the ground as a tummy-tickling obstacle, she'd jump over your hand while still holding the rope in her mouth! 

Suzy loved people.  I've never met a dog that felt as comfortable sitting with people as she did.  She also trusted she wouldn't be dropped, which allowed me to do Circle of Life jokes with her whenever I saw her!

Here are some of my favorite pictures from over the years:

Suzy in the kitchen (her favorite place!)

Me, Suzy, and Emy

Holding Tasha and Suzy at the dog grooming place

Jackson and Suzy at Christmas

Suzy after waking up from a nap

Suzy and Emy from Christmas 2012

Bye Suz.

Tampa

On Sunday, May 5th, I flew to Tampa to install my instrument on the P-3.

Here's a picture of MacDill AFB flying in.  The NOAA hangar is on the far right -- you can see one of the P-3's parked on the tarmac:

The first thing we did when we got there was go to Clearwater Beach.

The work week went smoothly.  Here is a picture of my instrument after I had installed it.  The complicated-looking inlet belongs to the other instrument in my rack.

This is the P-3 we are going to use:

I'll head back to Tampa the week of Memorial Day for test flights.  We are scheduled to transit to Tennessee on June 3rd.

Colorado Springs

On Saturday, May 4th, I drove down to Colorado Springs to visit Terri and Mike for the day.  We went to the Cave of the Winds, west of the city.

The cave was located up the side of a mountain, which gave us a good view of the town of Manitou Springs:

Nuggets playoff game

Last night I went to game 5 of the Nuggets-Warriors game with Kirk and some of his friends.  I've never sat closer to the action at an NBA game!

The Nuggets won the game, forcing a Game 6 in Oakland.

Here's the player of the game, Ty Lawson leaving the court:

I was able to record the game (using my phone), and I just watched it again tonight.  Here I am on TV wearing a light blue shirt and waving my yellow towel to the left of Wilson Chandler's shoulder (right after Chandler hit an early 3-pointer):