Camping at Almaden

Every year the lab has a summer campout for IBM employees in the Valley (it works because Almaden is up in the hills above Santa Teresa). Anna enjoys it a great deal because she likes visiting my work and she likes camping. This year they had a small concert by the Baby Blue Blues Band, which was quite enjoyable. Fighting for highly constrained grill space is a bit of a hassle for the cookout, but they provide free smores and donuts in the morning so it’s hard to complain. And the lab is in a pretty location; I’ve seen deer, turkey, coyote, quail, wild pigs, and rattlesnakes since I’ve worked here.