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Yay, my conference is over! I was a discussant in a session on the last morning. It was weird...the exhibit booths were all torn down, about a quarter of the people that had been there the previous afternoon were there, but the session was pretty well attended. It was a nice series of talks on things like remote consulting and automating reports.

The plan had been to leave right away (10:30) and reach Butte, Montana by nightfall. Like most of our plans, this one immediately went differently. We didn't leave SLC until just before noon. We stopped at the Hill AFB Air Museum on our way out of town, since we missed it the day before by spending too much time on Antelope Island, in the Great Salt Lake. More on that later. We ended up spending 3 hours at the air museum. It was awesome. Besides a B52, B29, C47, and SR71, they had tons of other planes and lots of fun stuff for the kids, including 4 simulators. We spent most of our time in the simulators!

We got on the road about 3:30. And we almost made it to Butte. We're in Dillon, Montana and will head to sapphire country tomorrow. Pictures when I can...as usual...