C'est Arrive in San Francisco - It Begins

We arrived safely in Point Richmond to stay on "The Slab" to stay with wonderful new friends. On Thursday night we drove to Temecula, met up with our Viking Skipper, spouse, his 85 year old Danish Dad, and another couple to begin the nighttime drive to Northern California.

Driving Mobile Homes ain't like driving Miss Daisy. They sway.

"Squirrely little bugger." said Munro through clenched teeth as he took the wheel at 4 AM.

Viking Skipper and Mainly Dave (because he trims Main) had already done their driving duty (note: as on sailboats, men drive... sigh...). Now there is a lot to be said for driving up in the middle of the night - no rush hour, being one of them. The downside is semis. Lots and lots of semis. Like you read about. Miles of trucks creating HUGE slipstreams which rock our overloaded and badly load-balanced little mobile home swayed and slipped and rode the air "wakes" pretty badly.

We arrived in time for breakfast, coffee, and a short nap before heading out to the boat to start working to get it ready for 4 days of practice for 4 days of racing. Others will show up for practice and sailing.

There was a party that night at Richmond Yacht Club. Excellent margaritas and you grill your own steak. HUGE salad bar. I'm going to like it here!

We're Off to San Francisco's Big Boat Series!

Once again, we're off and running again! After a long hiatus on travel due to my Dad's poor health (flying back and forth across the country on a regular basis doesn't really count as adventure travel unless you count adventures with hospitals, surgeries, etc.) we're taking a trip to San Francisco to compete in the Rolex Big Boat Regatta on .... wait for it... a big boat.

Actually, we're on the biggest boat in the regatta. At 73', we're carrying 22 in crew (without sandwich people or drink wenches). All 22 will be working - hard. There's breeze in San Fran that isn't available here in "Dago."

We'll be piling into a motor home with 2 other couples and doing the night drive from Temecula to Point Richmond. Should be entertaining!