Peter Hay and I head for Santa Fe.
We make a brief stop at Garden of the Gods.
Pete, in his demure way is telling us that he's a pretty good 4D developer.
Three more developers have just arrived and are wondering who the eedjut with the camera is._
A wiley cactus tries to sneek up on John Baughman while we're waiting for a table at The Crate, or The Tub, or something like that, but he makes it to his back to his margarita before danger strikes.
Waiting to get a table.
Melinda Gallo asked for a V8, but got a margarita.
After drinking only half of what must be the largest margarita I've ever seen, Stacey Blaney asks for a drink doggy bag.
Among other impressive features, David Adams has an extra pair of arm which he used to read menus. Lahav Wolach and Pete Hay act like they don't notice, but later Lahav admits it would make drinking while bike riding easier.
Bob Miller & John Baughman don't hide their fascination.
David Adams and I smile knowing that the beer is on its way.
I'm obviously confused about something. (So what else is new?)
Stacey Blaney talks to David Adams about the rather confusing pricing of eggs in a Mexican restaurant.
Dave Batton has a real attraction to cactus. Usually this is only expressed at the conclusion of aerial acrobatics after an unexpected sudden stop while mountain biking.
Daniel Haaker laughs as Ant Taylor tries to unstick his hair from a gooey package of candied rattlesnake eyes.
Doug Blew is back and he looks fabulous.
Debbie Schilling poses for a shot hoping that I'll use this one on the 4D People site. HA!
Pete Hay looks on as Debbie tries desperately to keep from firing beer out her nose. She just has those urges occasionally.
Jeff Kain kindly offers more ammunition.
Alex Heintz smiles knowing he's out of range.
John Barrymore and Dave Dell Aquilla at the 4D reception party.
John Baughman uses his tricorder to detect which Mike Erickson is the real one.
Ant Taylor shows the results of his bike wreck.
Another developer says, "I've scratched my finger worse than that."
No one else seems to care about Ant's injury. Ant's sadness is hidden behind the happy face telling yet another limerick.
Brendan Coveney and Paul Carnine pretend not to be talking about 4D 2004 as I take a picture. I overhear that 4D 2004 is on the Summit CD for those who can find it.
John Zoltai at long last returns to 4D Summits.
Dave Batton is definitely one of the brightest developers in John's class.
David Adams tries to raffle off an S-100 bus computer. He says it's an even better web server han an Apple ][+.
Simon Wright almost curls up into a ball rendering himself invisible. John Newhoff asks, "You takin' a picture of me?"
Scott Peters has the perfect shirt for taking in some music in Santa Fe.
John Foster asked me to take a serious picture for his web site. Dave Batton reminds us that life is too short to be taken seriously.
Melinda Gallo and Debbie Brewer give in to my demands of a posed shot.
Jeff Kain's birthday present is both wonderous and confusing at times, with many layers and full of surprises. Pete just likes the pretty ribbon.
Alex bets Chris Cypert a twenty that he can prove that he's met people "this tall".
Bryan Green backs away knowing that Debbie Schilling wrapped Jeff's present.
Bryan and David Adams look on but don't tell Jeff that the ticket to see Siegfried and Roy is only half good.
Tom Bundy, who plays Roy on Halloween, lets Jeff in on the news. Debbie takes the shot of his reaction.
Tom and Pete blow a kiss to Debbie.
Debbie graciously accepts. Tom thinks it's for him. Chris knows who it's really for.
Jeff, through sheer will power, turns the ticket into a little, transparent, curlin' if you're a hottie, fish.
Michael Giannini tries to do the same, but accidentally turns a beer into another Alex.
David makes the fish curl. We each rejoice by having just an ever so tiny sip of beer.
For a brief moment Charles Albrecht is able to see tomorrow's keynote speech by looking through the aligned ears of David Adams and Bryan Green.