Scenes from the astronomy conference

More hotel ridiculousness

Koi pond:

Card games

I ended up playing card games with Kepler people late at night; this is my card for werewolf. 

Absurd

Now at a conference held in the most terrible convention center: Gaylord palms in Kissimmee, Florida. My room is located in the vicinity of this decoration:

Mountains!

We've had beautiful clear weather in Seattle, so the mountains have been out:

Tomorrow: back on the road. 

Conveyer belt

We have been on a movie watching rampage and wanted a quick and easy dinner near the theater. Solution: sushi on a conveyer belt. Hooray! 

Old year

On the last day of the year, we got ready to toast in the new one:

And finally saw Star Wars!