Campfire. πŸ”₯

Campfire burning in a metal fire ring on gravel near a lake at dusk, with Adirondack chairs and a hammock visible nearby.

Very happy with the new stone steps down to our dock! 🀩

Stone steps flanked by boulders and gravel lead down a grassy hillside to a dock, with a wood-sided house behind.

Niagara Falls

Horseshoe Falls at Niagara with a red tour boat navigating the churning turquoise water below the massive curved waterfall

Very impressive work being shared by the #TeamSPS summer interns! They delivered significant capabilities in products and services core to SPS! We are lucky to have such talented interns! πŸ™Œ

Group of people seated at tables in a training room watching a woman present at the front near two projected screens.

Great day for #TeamSPS summer picnic! Thank you all for making SPS such an awesome place to be! πŸ™ŒπŸ½πŸŽ‰

Large crowd of employees serving themselves at long outdoor buffet tables on a grassy plaza surrounded by city buildings and trees.

At my happy place 😊, listening to Jay Farrar / Son Volt at the Minnesota Zoo. 🎢

Band performing outdoors at night on a lit stage surrounded by trees, with multiple guitarists, a keyboardist, and a vocalist at a microphone.

“… but for now it sounds like heaven.” Yes it does Jay, yes it does. πŸ‘πŸ» Thank you for another great show Son Volt! 🎢

Band performs on a blue-lit outdoor stage at the Minnesota Zoo, with five musicians playing guitars and keyboards at night.

One of the best games for time on an airplane? Tetris! But it requires an Internet connection β€” for royalty payments! 😑

Tetris app showing a CONNECTION ERROR dialog requiring internet access, with a red RETRY button

We finished our vacation by winning β€œThe Wall” room in 57:53 with only four clues at Enigma Escape Rooms in Buffalo, NY! Room 18!

Family of four posing in front of a graffiti-covered wall at an escape room, young boy holding a whiteboard showing time 57:53.

Some initial photos from our day at Niagara Falls! I’ve wanted to go here for years. It was an awesome experience! 🀩

Niagara Falls crashing onto rocky base with heavy white mist rising, viewed from the water belowAerial view of Niagara Falls with mist rising from the Horseshoe Falls, a red tour boat on turquoise water, and city skyline beyond.Maid of the Mist tour boat packed with visitors in blue ponchos near Horseshoe Falls at Niagara with a rainbow above

Spending the day walking around Niagara Falls, on both US and Canadian sides, adds up the steps! πŸ‘£πŸ‘£πŸ‘£ 23,861 steps for 9.26 miles.

Bar chart of daily steps Aug 5-12 2018, showing mostly 6000-10000 steps per day with Saturday spiking to nearly 24000 steps