Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[island lady]

Happy 40th Graham and Pauline!!  Congrats!!  😍

 

 

 

[island lady]

Just now, dani negreanu said:

 

Welcome back to the "civilization", Pat 😁

 

I'm sure you could do without Henri.... low expectations is good 😉

 

 

Thanks...all settled in now and enjoying all the conveniences of being back into civilization!  Extra large office to use as well, with view of the lake as I type!  🙂 

[island lady]

Congrats Grandpa John!!  🤗

[Ocean Boy]

5 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

 

Glad you're OK.

 

Bummer about the power outage... Do you have food that may spoil in the freezer or fridge?

Of course.

[Luckynana]

That sounds lovely, Pat!  Enjoy your newest residence!  and, civilization...lol!

[Luckynana]

OceanBoy, I hope you get your power back shortly!

[Luckynana]

John&LaLa....John, I just sent you an email about Bella's Cruise

 

Maryann

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[island lady]

Yup, I am back.   😄 

 

Pictures of the new "digs" with happiness of clean convenience again.  All one floor living, new and modern.  Close to grocery..etc.  Looking at a couple of house for sale tomorrow.  3 bedroom, 2 full bath, nice deck.  Grilling fresh Halibut tonight with local grown summer squash.  Hoping Henri will let us do so in between rain drops.  😮 

 

 

[island lady]

5 minutes ago, Luckynana said:

That sounds lovely, Pat!  Enjoy your newest residence!  and, civilization...lol!

 

Thanks...last place was a bit too rustic for me.  Luckily no bears came to visit.  😄 

[island lady]

12 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

 

Welcome back to the "civilization", Pat 😁

 

I'm sure you could do without Henri.... low expectations is good 😉

 

 

Whole house back up generator here would kick in automatically should we lose power .  😉 🤗

[Luckynana]

Beautiful home, Pat.  Best of luck house hunting tomorrow!

[dani negreanu]

1 minute ago, Luckynana said:

Beautiful home, Pat.  Best of luck house hunting tomorrow!

 

@island lady

 

+ 1 on both counts 🥰

[island lady]

Just now, Luckynana said:

Beautiful home, Pat.  Best of luck house hunting tomorrow!

 

Thanks, though we know it will be next year at the earliest should we buy.  This year is more of a scouting mission.  Learning a lot about what is important to us as in area, type of home, lake front (decided against ocean front)...etc.  

 

And no log cabins in the wilds of the far north Moose and Bear woods!!  😮😉 

[island lady]

1 minute ago, dani negreanu said:

 

@island lady

 

+ 1 on both counts 🥰

 

Thanks Dani.  Good to be back!!  😍

[island lady]

Time to go make some homemade marinade for the Halibut.  🙂  And then...it's happy hour!!  ☺️

[Ozark_Kid]

1 hour ago, Sunshine3601 said:

You will love Bermuda when you do get there.

We enjoyed it there.  I remember coming back from the beach and while changing in the cabin we saw sail racing on ESPN.  Once changed we headed to the aft and noticed a crowd.  The sail racing on ESPN was happening right there!  We want to go there again. 

[Ozark_Kid]

@island lady That looks like a nice relaxing place.  Nice view and I like the raised bed with the cone flowers.  Also nice to have a generator with a storm near.  Happy home hunting.

[Lionesss]

At the barrel house distillery.  Mmmm. What do I want.  Ooooo. I’ll do the tour and then get 7 samples. DH. Can drive. 

[Ocean Boy]

2 minutes ago, Lionesss said:

At the barrel house distillery.  Mmmm. What do I want.  Ooooo. I’ll do the tour and then get 7 samples. DH. Can drive. 

Reminds me of @John&LaLa 's last cabin on Allure.

[harryfat1]

My wife and I went to visit the in laws yesterday in San Francisco – land of eternal fog and cool temperature.  Even in middle of August, it was only 62 degrees at 4 PM and the sun never came out.  As we approach the city about 5 miles out, you can see the sky turn gray like in the movies and after you are in the “zone”, it’s all gray.  You know you have money to burn if you have air condition installed in your home in SF for the 10 days per year when it’s over 80 degrees.

 

 

Parking in SF is always a challenge.  Especially if you have a minivan. Had to perfect my parallel parking skills through the years to try and park the van every time we visit.

 

Went to a Chinese bakery on Clement Street and got bunch of sweet/fattening stuff that’s not good for you but tastes good. These became our breakfast for today as well as dessert later today.

 

 

 

 

 

[harryfat1]

As we live on the other side of the bay, we had to drive across the San Mateo Bridge.  All my fellow bay area cruisers knows of this bridge very well but I doubt most people outside of the bay area even heard of this bridge as the Golden Gate bridge is probably the only bridge knows about from the bay area. The Bay Bridge is really the work horse bridge in the bay area with San Mateo bridge also picking up the slack transporting thousands of commuters to Silicon Valley jobs (pre-Covid).

 

I really like this bridge as it’s wide open with nothing on top of you and it’s low enough above the water line it’s as if you are driving on water. On weekends there’s no traffic on the 3 lane bridge but on weekday commutes, this bridge can be parking lot. I have been stuck on it many times on bad traffic days.

 

 

 

 

 

View of another bridge further south in the Bay – Dumbarton Bridge – where you would find Facebook’s HQ right after you exit.

 

[John&LaLa]

1 hour ago, dani negreanu said:

 

Busy painting houses? 😉

 

Lots of sheet rock as well

[John&LaLa]

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

Well, Henri has come and gone. No power at my house. Very typical of anytime the wind blows. National Grid needs to do some updating. They know the area is a weak spot. So I'm hanging out at my parent's house. Lost part of a tree in my yard but no house damage. I already chain sawed the tree to pieces and will take the rest of it down soon. No problems at my parent's house or the office. Both are further from the ocean than my house.

 

Back to work tomorrow.

 

Be careful with that saw. My upstairs neighbors husband was a very gifted orthopedic surgeon until he decided to trim some trees. 

 

Luckily he had a very good insurance policy

[John&LaLa]

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

Of course.

 

Generator 😉

[harryfat1]

We live nearby the 3 major airports in bay area – San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose – where we have taken planes to cruises from all 3 airports.  SFO probably the most scenic as it has run way out in the middle of the bay.  Whenever we land in SFO, it’s always a scary proposition as if you look outside from the window during landing, all you see if water and you hope the pilot hits the runway correctly.  Only the last few seconds right before landing do you see land beneath you.

 

Years ago, Asiana plane crashed on trying to land a 777 at SFO at the same water front runway.

 

There’s area many places to watch the planes in SFO.  These pics were from last February on Chinese New Year as that was the last time my wife’s big family clan had meal together (pre Covid).  The scenery outside of the restaurant is nice.