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First, let me apologize to anyone that was looking for more updates over the last 2 days. the weather/temperature and turmoil the storm created left me creatively empty. today I’m feeling myself again…. so let the updates continue!

The sun!

No kidding, it reared it’s foreign head today for a few hours. Wow, did it feel great.

As mentioned in the day 9 update… things here are very s-l-o-w-l-y starting to come back to life. The extent of the damage of fallen trees is massive. Everywhere we rode today, inland and south has been heavily beaten from the storm….. AND, there’s more rain in the forecast for the next 4 days.

Excessively cold temperatures, and rainfall are in the forecast. They had a warmer than usual November…. but so much for Global “warming” in San Diego… there’s nothing warm about it at all! We have no heat source at the house. It’s the beach! Why on earth would you need a heater. Well, let me tell you… 10 degrees at night/morning is quite chilly to deal with when you have no real warm clothing with you, and no heat source. Thank goodness the water for showers is hot!

Today, Ed called and wanted to get a ride in with us. Excellent! We rolled to his place and headed for Point Loma/Cabrillio. Beautiful sand stone cliffs and crazy hills (we went up one of 22% grade!). Aaaah, memories of Charlevoix!

Took some neat pics:

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USCG Helicopter about to go on Patrol.

aaah, memories of my Dad working on Heilo’s…. awesome!

and then there’s these two handsome fellows…

at the top of Point Loma:

observation area at the bottom of the big hill at Point Loma:

a smaller aircraft carrier entering the bay:

and of course, the three of us with Coronado Island in the backdrop across the bay:

I’m going to miss Ed when we leave. He’s such a good person. Awesome to have in your company. You can’t help but be in a great mood when he’s around. I wish more people could be as positive!

To close up… we played some more smashball today. Matteo has gotten much better, thankfully!!! I’m still running all over the place, but not nearly as much as a week ago!

Came back to Verona, had some late lunch and went for a walk to get some things at Trader Joe’s before it got too late. I managed to snap a few shots of the sun going down. The waves are 10′ and higher right now – massive surf warning. It’s awesome. So powerful, but these pictures don’t capture how large the waves were.

Rain is in the forecast for the next few days or so…. I hope we can figure out what to do with ourselves at the beach….

Riding is likely not an option. We just don’t have the gear to keep from hypothermia.

outie.

d. & Teo