Dance Party 2010

Some of us like to dance. We know who we are.
[Not intended for parents, children, or the faint of heart.]

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She Wolf Video

First Road Trip of 2010 (Videos)

Here are a couple videos we captured on our road trip....

Dark & Stormy

This afternoon we flipped the boat around in preparation for some bad weather we're expecting this week.  We're doubting we'll see winds like we did during the last storm but better safe than sorry.  This is what wunderground is predicting:
     
Synopsis For Far Southern California Coast

A 1015 mb high was over eastern Utah...and a 976 mb low was 400 nm west of the central Oregon coast at 1 PM. A cold front will move in late tonight or early Monday morning with periods of heavy rain expected Monday afternoon through the evening hours. This will be the first of a series of strong fronts moving through the area for the rest of the week. Along with the storms will be very strong winds at times and an increasing west northwest long period swell. Gale force winds are possible late Wednesday through Thursday. There will also be the potential for thunderstorms and waterspouts. Hazardous seas developing on Monday will continue through the week.

          Small Craft Advisory in effect from Monday morning through late Wednesday night

First Road Trip of 2010 (Part Two: Central Coast)

After we left San Fran, we took Route 1 down the coast to San Luis Obispo and spent the night.  The next morning we cruised along the beaches and stopped at Avila to check out the anchorage and the sights.  Then we continued south to Santa Barbara to check out their anchorage and we had some lunch.  Next we ventured over to Ventura to check out the marinas.  And finally we cut through Oxnard and Camarillo before heading home to Mother Culture. 

Somewhere along Route 1

The anchorage at Avila

They don't have a dinghy dock here.

Instead they tie up to the pier and and have to

climb a ladder to get up and down. (eek!)

Cool sign at Avila

The Cave

The Slough in Santa Barbara

First Road Trip of 2010 (Part One: San Francisco)

The crew of Mother Culture took a sponta-
neous road trip on Monday.  We drove about 550 miles north to Novato, CA (north of San Francisco) and spent the night.  On Tuesday morning, we met with a man about a horse (actually, we met with a man about some hard-to-find exhaust pipes for my dad's Benelli, which should be arriving in Connecticut any day now).  Then we headed south to Sausalito to check out the marinas and moorings before heading down to San Francisco.  There we spent the day checking out the sights.  It was my first time in the city so I had to see all the usual attractions: Fisherman's Wharf, Crooked Street, China Town.  We even took a crazy ride on the public transportation.  The bus drivers in San Francisco are officially scarier than the ones in San Diego.  We spent the night downtown, on Van Ness & Lombard, where we fell victim to some Black Magic Voodoo at the bar across from our hotel.  On Wednesday morning, we headed over to Haight-Ashbury before cruising down the central coast on Route 1.  Here are some pics of the sights we saw:

Fort beneath Golden Gate Bridge

Ship near Fisherman's Wharf

Crooked Street

Sign on Garage Door on Crooked Street

Streetcar

China Town

Haight-Ashbury

Got Gas?

We do.  Propane gas, anyway.  And a working oven and grill.  I'm baking some stuffed shells as I type this.  Last night we baked some cookies with Adam.  Only thing we need now is some cookie sheets and pans.  It's kinda tricky baking on tin foil all the time!  Here are some pics of the newest addition to our family:

One Down

We're off to a good start on this year's goals.  Ben went diving this afternoon and found our lazarette cover in the silt a few boats down from ours.  (Along with the tail of the wind generator and a towel that we lost during the microburst.)  Looks like we can check one item off our To Do list!