Rainy weekend in Oxnard

Oxnard, California, USA

Because the weather turned cool and rainy, we decided to just stay put here until this latest front passes through.  Most of the time it was fine, but it did rain fairly hard for a while yesterday evening.  We were able to make use of the nearby Ralph's grocery store and West Marine, to do a bit of resupplying, not that we really needed much.

This morning, the clouds were swept away and the sun came out, and it is actually warm for a change.  We went for a walk down to the beach, about a mile away, to see how the other half lives.  We found a couple of real estate offices down there; beach-front homes appear to be pretty consistently priced between 2 and 2.5 million, just a bit more than we are willing to pay.  Not sure we would like to live here anyway, as it is still not quite a warm enough climate in the winter, and with global warming (rising ocean levels) I suspect these homes are all doomed.

Just inland a ways is the Channel Islands Harbor, where we are currently tied up.  At the inner end of the harbor are a couple of bridges that separate the marina areas (room for a reported 2400 yachts) from the residential canals, where everyone has their own docks.  We did not check out the prices for property here but we assume it is also out of our reach.

As for our current situation, you can see that almost everyone else at the guest docks has left, so we are pretty much on our own again.  Time to move on tomorrow.  BTW, as expected, the marina prices are going up a bit as we go south - here they charge $1.00 per foot for transient moorage, although they are basing it on our "hull" length instead of our overall length, so we are only paying $39 per night, and there is no tax or extra charges for power or showers and such - still a bargain compared to what we thought we would be paying by now.

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