Sunday 30th July
We awake to an overcast sky this morning, apparently this a feature of the San Diego area, the so called May/June gloom has in recent years decided to extend itself into July and even August. A layer of coastal marine stratus clouds seep in off the ocean keeping temperatures cool but not cold. The sun usually not making its presence felt until around noon.
We will be staying with Jimmy Susan and Gaby in their home in Carmel Valley until the end of the week, just hanging out, relaxing and enjoying Susan’s home cooking (a welcome change to restaurant food).
True to form the gloomy skies open up later in the day, allowing us to enjoy the quiet of our hosts patio in pleasant temperature around 23c.
A little shopping for essentials needs to be done plus overdue domestics that takes us into the afternoon. We hook up by phone to Amanda and Jimmy’s sister Sue and Mother Shirley in Indiana to catch-up on their current situation.
Before Susan, whips up some magic in the kitchen, Alaskan Salmon, white rice and cracked wheat with Swiss chard, all very healthy and delicious.
Later we watch the Adelaide Crows, on the big screen through the magic of Apple TV, suffer a huge beating in the first half of their game against the Melbourne based Collingwood at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. A miserably disappointing first half has left the team with a 50 point deficit, only very rarely do teams come back from this position. We decide to go to bed and being the diehard that I am, and believer in miracles I continue to watch the game on my laptop. The Crows mount an unbelievable comeback reducing the deficit to three points, them Collingwood kick away again, but the Crows again reduce the deficit to four points, again Collingwood add another two points, leaving a deficit of six points, just seconds before the final siren we take a mark in front of goal, one straight kick and the result is a draw. An amazing finish that turned a disappointing game into an exciting one, that left the Crows still top of the ladder. Time to sleep ready for another relaxing day in sleepy Carmel Valley, California.