Well, we could pretend, anyway. Not knowing how the day would eventually work out, Sunday, we drove to SF to see Rachel's new apartment and maybe help a bit with the settling-in process.
Turned out to be Fleet Week and Air Show day, unbeknownst. A 2.5-hour trip became a four-hour crawl as the flipping and dipping biplanes distracted the traffic on our way in. The day's plans were in flux, anyway, due to the fact that some of Dylan and Rachel's friends were gathering on Haley's roof deck to watch the Blue Angels do their incredible stunts over the Bay. Some puppies came along, too, though they spent most of their time chewing on each other's ears and snoozing.
It was very cool! And loud! And well worth the journey. All those years in SD and we never went to see the (same-ish) air show, there, for some reason. Too many military overtones, maybe? The Bridge, Bay and SF skyline was a big bonus, this time. Plus we got to pat Haley's doggies (black lab Bodie, chocolate lab pup Piper) and Megan's Golden pup, Tuck. There were other cute canines were on the roof, as well, for fun. That's Tuck using Bodie for a pillow and also in Meg's arms.
We did, eventually, get to Rachel's cute apartment with an amazing, 6th-floor view of downtown. Tom got the TV mounted on the wall, while Rachel and I put a couple of simple bookshelves together an embarrassing number of times before we got it right. And we had disassembled them, ourselves, only a year-and-something, ago. She's still in the cardboard-jungle stage. I should go back to help some more...
After some take-away Chinese, we headed back home. It was late as we were heading over the Bay Bridge. Tom noticed what looked like a volcano erupting from the water just to the left, and it turned out that we were watching the beginning stages of the Angel Island fire, which appeared to be quite substantial, already. They got it under control, last night (Tues), having burned about half of the 740 acres on the island. All the historic buildings were saved, though, fortunately.
We arrived back home after midnight, having been sustained by M&Ms Peanuts and Reese's Pieces along the way. Quite effective for maintaining alertness, we're happy to report...
