The wall

San Diego, California, USA

A quick update.

Staying at the police dock here in San Diego has found us finally being immersed in the cruising community.  There were 6 other Canadian boats at the docks over the last few days, so we were pleased to find that we are no longer alone in this southerly quest.  It appears that there were several boats wandering down the coast about 1 week in front of us, hitting most of the same spots - we were arriving in ports just after they had left.  Of course, they are all ready to move on further south now, and we are not quite there yet.

We have been working on a list of boat projects and purchases from a list that we had compiled during our trip down the coast.  Most of these are going well, but we have a boarding ladder and an autopilot remote control that are on order and not due to arrive till next week, coming from some frozen northerly community known as Canada.  So at this point in time, we are thinking we might be here till after Christmas.  With that in mind, we have taken a moorage at one of the Shelter island marinas for a few day - you can only stay at the police docks for a total of 10 days in any 30 day period.

I'm sorry for the lack of postings here.  As soon as we arrived, I found some really good Internet access and even paid $20 to get a months worth of a faster, more reliable connection.  This worked real good for one day, then a big, steel behemoth of a boat pulled into the slip next to us and completely killed any and all Internet access for us.  It is like having a wall between us and the world.  Hopefully tomorrow, with our move to a private marina, we will get our access back again.
This posting is courtesy of our friendly neighborhood Starbucks.

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