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Recombobulating in Monterey
Monterey has played a fairly significant role in my California life. It was an easy day-trip from my home in Alameda and, if I felt like making a weekend of it, inexpensive hotels were easy to come by outside of the main tourist areas. There is a lot to see and do here, seemingly something […]
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High Expectations – Crossing Monterey Bay
The day was finally here! I had been imagining this moment for a long time, a micro-dream within our big over-arching plans. Today, after countless hours of figuring and scheming we would be realizing that small dream, we would be crossing Monterey Bay on our own boat! This day, this moment, had been a slowly […]
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Offshore Parking in Capitola
With the birthday festivities successfully behind us it was time to think about moving on to our next destination, just a hop, skip, and a jump towards the east, the quaint and very picturesque town of Capitola. We did a quick provision, hit the thrift shop to get Charles some cooling shirts and jeans, and […]
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“Birthday at the Boardwalk”, Featuring: ‘The Bad Ideas Squad’
How has it only been a week? What a whirlwind. Our first week out of the boatyard, and out of The Bay, was a doozey. Charles and I were in desperate need of some downtime before the upcoming weekend when we would be hosting a trio of teens and tweens and we very much needed […]