Day 500 Settling in.

There are tens of thousands of people in the area that are getting to experience the "Hudson Effect"now that we have arrived in the San Francisco area.  Once clear of the Golden Gate Bridge on Friday, the day was pure sunshine and beautiful.  By Saturday morning, we took over.  Yes, that's right,  the Hudson's were in town and we brought with us what we bring to every place we go--BAD WEATHER!!  Saturday in the early morning, there was a lightening and thunderstorm that descended upon the Bay.  For those of you that don't know it, lightening and the thunder that it brings are just about unheard of in the Bay area.  There was a storm a few years ago, but other than that, it had been years since one has hit the area.  There were trees downed and transformers blown with tens of thousands of folks plunged into the darkness as power was lost in many regions of the city.  The electric company spent hours getting everyone back on line and as of last night, some still had no power.  This is just a warning to those of you that live farther down the coast that read this blog that we are coming to your area and to get prepared.  Newport, Oregon had 80+ knot winds when we got there.  Seattle had the wettest August in history the month we got there and the 5th worst Winter.  Add in the longest spell of days over 90 plus the hottest day on record for the city and you can see that we pack a powerful punch where ever we go.  Be prepared!!!! We are coming!!!

I had an appointment at the chiropractor yesterday to get more work done on my back and neck.  Since returning from Denver a while ago, it has been quite the mess.  The first one I visited in Crescent City did some great work on me but I still needed some help.  This one has a clinic right at the docks for all the sailors that come in with screwed up backs and necks.  She does quite a business from what I gathered with boaters.  She looked at all my xrays and charts from the previous doctor and went to work.  She snapped my neck like a bowl of Rice Crispies.  It sounded like you put a strip of bubble wrap on the sidewalk and stepped on it with both feet as she put me back in alignment.  Now I just have to let it settle back in place and not do anything stupid(like I would?) and put it back out of whack.  

Tracy was off to get a permanent in her hair.  It's been quite a while since she had one done.  The last beautician she talked to said her hair was in such bad shape that she couldn't do it.  This one had no problem and got her all set.  I think the last one just didn't want to take the time to do her hair.

We both finished at the same time and walked down to Blue Pelican Marine to look at sailing hardware.  They're a consignment store that sells used hardware mainly for sailors.  We found a replacement pressure tank for our water system and will be installing it today.  The last one is now full of water instead of air.  The rubber bladder in it broke I guess.  Now every time you turn on a faucet, the pump comes on.  With this tank, it keeps the system pressurized so it will only come on when the pressure in the tank gets below a specific pressure level.  The pump will run much less once it is installed and the old one removed.

We walked over to George and Celeste's for dinner on their boat Nereid to discuss boating things.  I'm trying to get them a navigation program so they will have an easier time getting down the coast.  With luck, I'll have it all installed by Monday.

And that's the way yesterday went.  Lightening, thunder, rain, clouds, some sunshine but at least they were spared the big winds we normally bring.  But hey, we just got here after all.  Give us some time.