The drive from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo where one of iRobot’s development sites is located took three hours. Parts of the drive are rather nondescript, others are quite beautiful. I broke up the monotony by stopping briefly when I saw opportunities for nice photos.

It has been a year since I last visited our office here and it was nice to meet with the team again. I took everyone out for lunch which could not have come earlier as I had skipped breakfast. I always enjoy the feedback I get from our team here which invariably focuses me on key issues that need to be worked back at headquarters.

Two more hours of driving this evening stand between me and Ventura, my destination for the evening. Although it does not look as good scaled down, the picture below of a grape vineyard at sunset is perhaps my favorite of the day.