Settling in

We are now back on Windarra and settling in to life in more or less one spot so to speak.

Yesterday we did some exploring. We visited Svensen's Marine Store in Alameda. It is a nice chandlery but we have been spoiled by the facilities in Seattle. We drove around Alameda and then went over to Jack London Square across the way in Oakland. There are some public docks were you can tie up for a few hours and visit the square as well. We hope to do this on Windarra sometime. We had lunch outside at one of the many restaurants and walked around afterwards. Looking back towards Alameda at some of the marinas, we spied SV Kiapa, a catamaran owned by our friends, Pete and Sue. It's a small world. Hopefully we will be able to meet up with them.

We also signed up at a local fitness place so we can get some more exercise besides walking. Grinding winches and manuvering on the boat while under passage helps but when we are tied to the dock we need something more.

Katmandu has been enjoying the sunshine and looks forward to naps in the sunny cockpit. We are enjoying the shorts and t-shirts weather so far. Hopefully it will last for a while.

A list of boat chores has been started. We were pleased that some of the items from our previous list in Australia have been completed but of course there are always more things we would like to do. We have not prioritized the list yet. That will require some negotiation. Of course we don't plan to be workaholics, we have plenty of other things we want to do, including more exploring of the SF bay area.

Well, it is time to go to the gym. I am bracing for the sore body tomorrow morning...

No worries
SV Windarra