Destination Sausalito: DONE

Monday - July 1, 2013

Voila!  WHAT a view!  WHAT a breeze!  Forget the terrace dining room, I am lobbying - hard! - for an outdoor bed.  Seriously.  I am.  NOW is the opportunity.  My childhood "sleeping porch" fantasy may have originated in southern novels but may find its reality in the North Bay.  On a terrace overlooking Sausalito and Richardson Bay.  In the crisp Pacific air scented with eucalytpus.  Outdoor sleeping NEEDS to happen.

But for tonight, our perch on the hill remains completely empty save for the hounds' beds that we have left behind for the evening.  Joe and I are bunkered down in a nearby hotel awaiting tomorrow's delivery of our household effects.  Given the fact that getting the Jetta up the hill is a bit of an all-in-first-gear-and-pray-for-our-clutch ordeal, I cannot imagine how they will shuttle up the thousands of pounds of stuff.  Thank you USG for underwriting this move.  Guaranteed there are more than a few surcharges for this delivery.  And it is worth every penny.  This apartment is a gift!

Last night's stay in Davis was HOT but restful.  Megan and Chris toured us around their lovely downtown, we dined al fresco on Mexican with the hounds at our feet, and then treated ourselves to some Yoloberry froyo.  Jonathan is keeping us up to date with phone updates and ephemeral Snapchats so we don't feel horribly far away.  All was well on this particular summer evening with the reassuring promise that many more such relaxed evenings await us.

Today, we breakfasted with Megan before hitting the road and then - for a last happy highlight before our moving odyssey recommences - we drove by San Domenico to see my new work home.  Sigh.  Life is very very good.