–Had a little breakfast sandwich and coffee at the Microtel Wyndham, then headed home. Easy trip. The Mustang continues to please.
–Got a Papa Murphy’s take and bake pizza for dinner.
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–Had breakfast at the Butter House, Seaside. Good.
–Drove to the Micrtel Wyndham in Morgan Hill. Their power was out (5:30). Two hours later it’s still out. Unbelievable. Called Dan Callahan, who picked us up and took us to Sicilia in Bocca. Good meal, good times.
Came back to the dark motel and found out that using the iPhone as a hotspot is really easy and pretty fast. Thank god for Apple.
–Drove the Mustang to La Selva Beach with Tom Elken. El Patio lunch on the bluff; waved to Michael Casserd; bathroom at the library. 110 Playa looks great, and has a security sign out front.
–Then to Carmel for dinner at Pangaea (after a long hunt for parking). Great food. Then we sat in the middle of Ocean Avenue and watched the parade of cars.
–Decided to stay another night near the coast rather than fight commute traffic coming back Friday. Got two rooms at the Microtel Wyndham in Morgan Hill and will meet up with Dan Callahan for fun.
–Packed.
–Rolex Open-All tool came in. Got the 5513 open, saw several watchmaker’s marks (1986, 1996, ?), timed it to +1 s/d. Done!
–Took a swim.
–Shopped with Grace at Bel Air.
–Took a swim.
–Not much happening. Watched Night of the Hunter; Sennheiser headphone battery died (again) halfway through. Finally managed to pry it out and order a replacement on eBay.
–Took a swim.
–Mitutoyo calipers came in, from La Puente California. eBay had already refunded me on this after I pointed out that seller no longer existed and tracking number went nowhere. FREE!
–Lee Elliott sent another incredible set of lies, further pushing out the CD redemption date to November. I emailed him, showing him a July 17 email where he said in no uncertain terms “I have a cashiers check for the full amount of the CD. Will deposit it and pay you back the full amount I owe you.” I think the guy has some serious mental issues.
–License plates came for the Mustang.
–Barbecued stuff above.
–Used the Foredom on the Russian Overkill detent ball and put the knife back together. Not much of a difference. Will probably buy another and sell this one later.
–Looked at the HOA sprinkler schedule: the guy who repaired the leaks changed it again. Garden is down from where it had been (one hour x three days as opposed to 1.5 hours x five days), so I’ll probably just leave it.