Karen and Mackenzie arrived Friday evening. They were planning on a San Diego visit, buying a car for Mackenzie, and then driving up to the California coast to drop Mackenzie off at UC Berkeley.
Mackenzie previously emailed a shopping car list. I reviewed several of the cars and responded with
an ‘objective’ review, with a 2012 Ford Escape (low mileage!) as the best
choice.
Saturday's primary objective was car selection. We texted/emailed/called the car lot owner Saturday
morning and got a delayed response (Lance was at a funeral) but we were
referred to Calvin. We arrived and
Mackenzie test drove the Ford and a 4x4 Jeep.
Mackenzie wanted the Jeep due to the 4x4 capability but realized the
Ford was the economical choice. So the
primary objective was done.
Lunch was at Liberty Station, getting tacos and a
burger. Now on to car loan and
insurance. We travelled home to work the
online choices and also used phone calls but since it was the weekend we didn’t
get much accomplished. John also worked on
some car loan research from home.
We had stopped by the Torrey Pines Gliderport on the way
home to watch people jump off of the cliff.
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| Gliderport |
Dinner was a flank steak grilling at Casa de Randy.
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| Dinner at Casa de Randy. |
Sunday was a play day. We traveled La Jolla and walked around, watching people, seals, and pelicans. All were equally entertaining. The Living Room was great for an afternoon nosh and drinks. Dinner was fish stew at Casa de Randy.
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| Children's Pool @ La Jolla |
The Monday objectives were car loan and insurance. Karen and Mackenzie worked online and phones beginning at 6am (9am on the east coast). At 12:30pm I made a Board & Brew sandwich run, to keep everyone fed and hydrated. And by 3pm-ish we had an email saying the car loan was approved. Lance (car lot owner) was kind enough to say having this email is good enough for him to turn over the car to Mackenzie, so the email was forwarded to Lance and off we went to pick up the Ford.
Monday early evening was a walkabout Encinitas (Mackenzie
drove the new car!) to get out of the house and stretch our legs. We then had a celebratory pint and pizza at
Pizza Port for dinner.
Mackenzie and I discussed when we last saw each other. It was at the Conkling household when they had their pool so it would have been when Mackenzie was in 8th grade. She recently turned 22 years old.
Tuesday, Karen and Mackenzie took off for stop #1 in
Thousand Oaks.
Wednesday, I received a FedEx containing the car loan check
so I hand-delivered it to Lance.
Thursday, I got texts from both Karen and Leah saying they
met up in Oakland and were having dinner at Leah’s home.
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| Good People Meeting Good People. |
