Bay to Bay II
(What, this again?)
Bay to Bay II: San Francisco to Cape Cod
29 years, 16 moves, 7 towns.
29 years, 16 moves, 7 towns.
This was our home for almost 17 years. We'll miss our friends, the weather (especially when we're in the middle of a nor'easter on the Cape!), and the particular beauty in the northern California landscape. But we're really happy for the family who bought our house. Their home. |
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April 28, 2026: moving day! (well, for our stuff)
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The guys. They did a GREAT job -- very
professional, kind, fast, and easy to work with. This smaller truck goes to the big truck... |
...and this big truck takes everything to the
Cape. Ours was one of nine loads on this route. Peter, who owns & operates this rig, is justifiably proud of it. |
April 30, 2026: after 12+ time to hit the road. After we downsize some more.
The 1997 Camry, or as Di calls it, The Dream Car,
is ready at around 319,000 miles. New brakes, new tires, and a body that says, 'this car isn't worth breaking into.' (Pretty sure the book value is less than the cargo bay on top of the roof.) New brakes, new tires, given the green light by our awesome mechanic, Ed Yarnell (if you are anywhere near Mountain View, he's your man. He's been taking care of this car since shortly after we moved out to California. (The engine would probably go another 200,000 but Di fears the salt air and salted roads on the Cape will do in the undercarriage soon enough. Sad!) |
After 12+ carloads of donations, we ask: HOW do
we still have SO MUCH STUFF? Across the country, there are 68,000+ self-store units covering 2.2 billion square feet! |
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May - our California adventure. We don't know when we'll be back, so time to see the places
and people before we go. Plus, Joe promised to umpire a Little League tournament in Half Moom Bay over Memorial Day weekend! |
Mrshall and Carmen, our friends and neighbors
since the day we moved to Redwood City. \ Marshall has helped us so many times with things around the house, and Carmen has generously tolerated my attempts at Spanish. Little Papi will miss running over to Uncle Marshall's garage to say hi. And steal wood scraps. |
At some point, we bought a bottle of 1997 vintage
port, in honor of when we moved to California. We finally opened it with our good friends Clint & Ellie and Jack & Renita. Di's favorite moment: seeing two of our favorite couples, who didn't know each other beforehand, start to make plans to get together! |
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From the 'even better' department: We wanted to
get together with our good friends, Darlene & Darrell, but between their busy schedule and our scramble to get the house ready and sold, we couldn't make it work. So they invited us to visit them in Tahoe. We ate and drank and relaxed and talked politics and books and pickles (we are a cultured and erudite group). |
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Wine country
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Joe transforms creme brulee into creme flambe
in his Once Upon a Time in Hollywood moment. Note the reaction of the person who prepared the dish to this point! |
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