Donna worked all day Friday, trying to get things done before she left for Orlando. I spent the morning writing a post that probably told you more than you wanted to know about holding tanks. Other than that, I didn’t accomplish much all day.
A neighbor had pulled in two sites down from us the day before. They spent much of Thursday afternoon putting up Halloween decorations. They hung lanterns from their awning and an EZ-Up canopy. Friday’s Halloween forecast called for rain and gusty overnight wind. We saw them take all of the decorations down and pack them into their car on Friday. They rolled the awning in on their coach, removed the cover from the EZ-Up canopy and drove away. We thought they must have originally planned to have visitors here at the park, but changed their plans and went to the home of friends or relatives.
It was cloudy, but warm all day Friday. In the afternoon I went to the Cycle Gear store in Kearny Mesa and bought a cover for the scooter. It’s something I should have done long ago to protect the scooter from the elements. Cycle Gear had a sale on the cover, I bought it for less than half of retail.
Before the rain came, I grilled a pork tenderloin for dinner. Donna made a different marinade this time. It was good, but I think I prefer the sesame-chili oil, olive oil, ginger and soy sauce marinade.
Grilled pork tenderloin with baked yam and steamed green beans
I covered the scooter and rolled the awning in. I made sure all of the windows on the right side of the coach, which is facing west, were closed. We’ve been sleeping with the windows open. The wind and rain would come from the west and I didn’t want rain to blow into the coach.
The rain came overnight as predicted. In the early morning hours the wind picked up. Donna was up early. She left around 6:30am to go to the TV studio. She appeared in a local program called Good Morning San Diego and presented decluttering tips for the holidays. I recorded the show while I slept in.
After she returned, I bought a sausage and egg breakfast burrito from the Snack Shack and we split it for breakfast. Then I drove Donna to the airport for her flight to Orlando, Florida. She’s attending a course there and will return on Tuesday night.
After lunch, I drove up to Carlsbad to the home of our friends, Bruce and Debbie Bednarski. Like me, Bruce likes a martini. I brought a jar of tomolives and a jar of blue cheese stuffed olives as a gift for them. I posted about these martini garnishes here.
Bruce and Debbie had invited me to join them and sample beers at the Belching Beaver Brewery. Belching Beaver is fairly new on the craft beer scene. They started in 2012 and have established a loyal following. Their beer can be found in Costco here in San Diego. There are more than 40 breweries in San Diego County now and the list is sure to expand.
At the brewery, Debbie’s brother Jim Taylor and his wife, Rosellen and our friends Rick and Kathy Siordia joined us. It’s been more than 25 years since I last visited with them. We sat and talked and sampled some of the brews for a couple of hours. It was great to catch up with them. It felt completely natural, like we had been in touch all along.
Me, Debbie, Rosellen, Kathy, Rick and Jim. Bruce took the picture.
Last night we turned the clocks back to standard time. This had me up early this morning. It always takes a few days for our body clocks to adjust to the artificial clocks our lives revolve around.
We had more rain in the night. There are a few clouds over head, but I think it will clear. I plan to be indoors watching football in any case. The Chargers are in Miami, so their game will be the early broadcast. There are lots of interesting match-ups today.