The sky was blue, the flowers were out, the birds were singing and Chrissy had arrived to see us, perfect!The morning was very overcast and cold, with low cloud and as we drove south to go to the airport to collect Christine it even drizzled rain on us!! Oh no! We have been raving about the beautiful blue skies and warm days.....now it was cold and grey.
Christine's plane arrived on time and it was surreal to see her walk out of Customs, how wild that two months after leaving home, her she is, with us in San Francisco!! Looking particularly fresh for such a long flight. Chris was up to Geoff's suggestion for the long way round drive home to Alameda. That meant through San Fran over the Golden Gate Bridge and into Sausalito for lunch on the boardwalk and some gift shopping, then over the Richmond Bridge (near San Rafael) and back home via Oakland. Oh.... we didn't let her go to the boat for nap, no no no...we decided we should drive her on a coastal circuit of Alameda, through the decommissioned Navy Base, past the USS Hornet, past the wild rabbits, past the kite surfers on the west coast beach, along the main street and back up the east coast to the Marina.....poor Chrissy, she was very quiet on the final leg home. But we all perked up as we got back to the Marina and Chrissy got the honour of being the first family member to see 'Sea Otter' in person.
Right now, we are all snugly down below, with the heater on and Chrissy all set up in the aft cabin. It is fabulous to have her on board..... like old times in Spain and Georgia. Tomorrow we hope to go have a look at the USS Hornet Aircraft carrier museum or maybe go into San Fran. But we will wait and see how Chrissy feels with her jetlag.
Oh and by the time we got to Sausalito...the skies were blue and the day was perfect!
Ah...what can I say......
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