Thursday, October 15, 2009

Day 532 Off on errands

The day dawned with rain.  While it wasn't the pouring that we are used to in Colorado, it soaked you to the bone quite fast unless you were dressed for it.  

We took off with Celeste and George from Nereid on a day or at least afternoon of errands as they rented a car from Enterprise.  This was the first time Enterprise has let us down.  They were to pick us up at 1100 but didn't show up till after 1330 after repeated phone calls to the office.  Being here for such a short time meant every hour they were late cost us some time on the road getting errands done.  While they upgraded us to a bigger car(woo!), we still lost time on the road.  We ate lunch at one of the dock side restaurants while waiting for our pickup.  Nice sandwiches.

I bought some new pants as the ones I have been wearing are now way too big.  I've lost over 8 inches off my waste.  The cruising life has been good for me.  Home Depot for some wood for George and Staples for an ink cartridge for our computer printer.  We may not use it much, but it does require more ink from time to time.

We hit several more places before nightfall and then returned to zephyr for a nice quiet dinner.  George and Celeste will be out running more errands today while we are off for Marina Del Rey down in the LA area.  We had planned to go straight to Catalina Island for a cruising get together but we have to return our security card to the marina office and they don't open till 0900.  With a $25.00 deposit, I'm not about to leave that behind for a card I'll never use again.  We'll be getting more diesel fuel before we go also as we last got it in Fort Bragg many weeks ago and the tanks are down to half full.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures.  Stay tuned for more as I expect to have internet service for a while, even at Catalina Island.

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