Merry foggy Christmas

San Diego, California, USA

Christmas morning at the public (police) docks in San Diego.

We have moved back to the public docks in anticipation of leaving for Mexico after Christmas, probably next Monday or Tuesday, whenever we can get our check-out with customs done.  We spent a busy week at the Kona Kai marina, trekking back and forth from the local chandlers, installing equipment, etc.  We rented a car for a couple of days so we could travel further to exotic places like Costco and Walmart.  This is the first major re-provisioning we have done since leaving Nanaimo 3 months ago and it has been quite a challenge to stow everything - we definitely need a bigger boat.

Last week was quite a treat.  The locals keep telling us it never rains in San Diego, but it must have made up for many years of drought with last week's storm.  Lots of rain and strong winds and apparently lots of flooding in some areas as well.  We did not see many problems; only once did we have to divert for a street closure in our travels around the city.  Everything was very busy of course, with Christmas shopping and such but everyone seemed to be in a good mood in spite of the weather.  Now the rains have stopped, the sun has come out and we have glorious warm weather for Christmas.

Sue is preparing a sumptuous feast, including roasting a huge turkey breast in our small oven, so we will no doubt be eating turkey sandwiches on our passage to Mexico.  Looking forward to getting on the move again.

Thank you to everyone for your supportive emails and phone calls.  We really do appreciate hearing from you all, even though we are not always the best at prompt replies.  We wish all of you the happiest Christmas and all the best for the new year.

Here are a couple of our colorful neighbors.

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