Sunday 10-09 through Wed 10-12 at Avalon

10-09-2011, Sunday: Many of the boats are leaving today, but the Holland America, Oosterdam cruise ship arrived in the night and is now parked at the entrance to the harbor. Town should be a mess today with all the cruise ship folks wandering around. We did some chores around the boat and watched all the activities going on in the harbor again.

We had to see the 49er game, so we went to the local sports bar to watch it. GREAT game!! 48-3 win over Tampa Bay… Woo Hoo! Could it be we are back?

The cruise ship left in the evening. We had a fabulous dinner out tonight at Steve’s Steakhouse. Excellent food and service.

10-10-2011, Monday: Another beautiful day in the neighborhood! Hold on….. wait just a minute…. Wow…. A big fog bank just came in! What’s a mother to do? My folks were coming on the ferry this morning and called us to let us know they got through traffic early and were on the earlier ferry. Instead of being here at 11:00, they were going to be here at 9:30, and that the fog (which we couldn’t see yet) was causing the ferry to go slower than it usually would. About 15 minutes later the fog rolled in thick to the deck. Dick went and picked them up at the dinghy dock and brought them out to the boat for a couple hours. We got to update them on all the additions to the boat and spend some quality time. We went to Antonio’s for pizza and then took them mini golfing. A good time was had by all. The fog sort of came and went all day, but was pretty clear when we walked them to the ferry. We put them on the 3:45 ferry and watched the fog form again from the shore. We stopped by a couple of boats that were flying their “Ha-ha” flags and introduced ourselves. We’ll be seeing them soon, of course. Nice day!

10-11-2011, Tuesday: No fog today! Absolutely beautiful! A Carnival cruise ship came in last night, so more action in the harbor today. Love it! Never a dull day. Got to relax on the boat today. Had a nice shrimp cocktail picnic in the cockpit for lunch and went ashore in the afternoon to play some pool. The full moon was fantastic tonight!


10-12-2011, Wed. : Our last day here! No cruise ship today. Just the usual ferries. We will be preparing for the sail to San Diego today. Breakfast at the fabulous Sally’s on shore, pick up a few items at the store and prepare the boat. We will be leaving at 3:00 in the morning so we get to San Diego in the light of day tomorrow. It is supposed to be mild conditions, so we may finally get to use our light wind sail. Can’t wait to see the colors I designed for it flying in the air. We haven’t seen it opened yet! I will certainly be taking pictures of that :--)

Getting the blog updated this morning, so you won’t hear from us until San Diego. Ciao for now!