“Looks diabolical.”

I was wondering if you would ask me about that? I didn’t think you would guess what it was. If you looked closely, you would have noticed that there is an identical complex about 1000 feet to the south. On the east end of each complex, there are four banks of eight large cooling modules stacked two high. The stacks are approximately three stories high. Those large electrical appliances on the both sides, there are twenty in total, are DC power supplies. On the other side beyond the structures out of view, is a new power substation feeding just that site. The under construction wooden framed building with the large bay windows at Chenowith Creek overlooking the Columbia River and the Gorge is the dormitory for transient engineers and programers. That is not a factory, foundry, or glass manufacturing plant. That is Phase One of Googles’ new computer center. I used to purchase and design computer complexes for the Bell System and I have never seen any installation this big. The Power of the Internet!

I am extremely happy with my Delphi MyFi XM2go radio. When I am not out with it, it sits in a desk cradle next to my PC. The antenna sits on my desk pointing south. The signal has to go through a standard sheathed interior wall and a triple sheath roof and it still pulls in a strong signal. There are newer ones out there with built in antennas. The one I have came with three antennas, car, home, and one that can be fixed to your clothes. I attach it to back of my hat brim. I put an XM radio in one of my vehicles when it first came out. So I got this XM2go radio directly from XM Satellite Radio on a very special deal, $25.00 as I recall.

When on the Trail, I only loose XM Radio signal for a few paces going through the steel railroad underpass tube. The contractor who built that tube bored holes into the raised railroad bed outside the propose main boring, inserted cooling rods, froze the bed, than bored and incased the tunnel all without interrupting train traffic. This is the main Union Pacific Rail Road Line. I believe it was a first but it was so successful it will not be the last.

I am happy that you enjoyed the Trail. I try to go very early to avoid the other trail traffic and the heat although yesterday it was so cold, I could see both my dogs and my breath. My German Shepherd dogs, especially the black one, tend to intimidate others just by their looks so it causes minor traffic problems on the trail. A couple of cyclist have panicked when coming around a blind corner and drove off the trail into the Columbia River. I guess they did not see or trust the dogs leashes. It is also uncomfortable watching parents herding their children off the trail when we walk by. Maybe its my deodorant or lack of?