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Moab celebration cruise

Kelly works for a high-tech company, and like the rest of them, they use code names for projects that they work on. There are a lot top secrets in the industry, not quite like the "if I tell you, I'd have to kill you" sort of thing, but that he's not really supposed to talk about. For example, in public, they should not discuss which companies they are working for, what they are designing and what kind of chips they are making--and I'm not talking about Ruffles or Lays chips either.

Now that they are celebrating that something is done, I can reveal the name of their recent project, which is Moab. I don't really know if the code name itself is confidential, because sometimes he tells me things they are doing because he knows I won't have any idea what he's talking about or what means, and that I will not be passing any tips on to their competition. In any case, when we were in Moab, Utah, this past summer, Kelly bought plenty of Moab stickers, a couple of jackets for us, etc., and took things back to his team.

Yesterday, we took a leisurely lunchtime cruise around Town Lake, traveling under the bat bridge along Austin's city center, and spent three hours with his coworkers, some of whom brought their significant others along. It was a relaxing afternoon, and we snacked on fajitas and nachos, and I took a few pictures. This is what Austin looks like on December 1 from the lake, most enticing.




Comments

Anonymous said…
Fun I want to see pictures of the cruise. I don't even know what your husband does for a living!
Anonymous said…
Oooh, that sounds fun. Was the weather ok? I know you were nervous about the cold but it did warm up a little yesterday. Can't wait to see pics :)
Kelly said…
Kelly is an electrical engineer, Heid. Both bachelor's and master's degrees are in that field. He does chip design verification and is a manager. He's really smart! I've added a few pictures now, obviously.
Anonymous said…
Those are really cool pics. How fun. Maybe we should do that before (IF) we leave Austin down the road. We have yet to do so many things here that we've wanted to do. We've got some exploring to do!

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