Day 19 Tues Jan 31 At Mission Bay RV

clear blue sky, mild, no wind

Last night before going over to Paul & Yvonne’s we set up to record a show on a VHS tape to see if the system worked, it does. We had a good game, they finally won the rubber after an evening of good defensive play on both sides, it was a struggle for anyone to make their contract, a fun evening. This morning it was bright & clear & warm, at 9 AM I was sitting outside in the sun with my coffee, I was wearing jeans & a LS shirt but with no wind it was great. Sheila, Yvonne & I drove down to Crystal Pier @ Pacific Beach to check out the area for Sheila & Yvonne to go Boogie Boarding tomorrow. We stopped at Vons, (Safeway), on the return trip, and then went down to sit on the beach here for the rest of the afternoon. Yvonne went kayaking on Mission Bay. Paul is out with his truck for some servicing. I went back to the RV and in the meantime Yvonne came ashore & Sheila went out in her kayak. Then a while later, Yvonne came to the RV asking for my help at the shore to get Sheila out of the kayak. It seems she didn’t have the arm strength to hoist herself vertically out of the kayak when her legs were pinned in a stretched-out position. So we beached her and with me & Paul on each side we extracted her out of the snug entry hatch with no damage to either Sheila or the kayak--a fun end to the afternoon! Tonight we did supper with Paul & Yvonne in their rig, (due to seating – their U-shaped dinette is like a normal table for four people, that’s also why we always play bridge there, you sit like a normal card table). I BBQ’ed the steaks, Sheila & Yvonne both made some dishes and we had a nice supper. Paul & Yvonne wanted to go to one of the Oscar-nominated movies, so we looked up local theatres on the internet, phoned one & found that “Descendents” with George Clooney was playing in town at the Hillcrest Cinema. So with GPS in hand away we went, down I 5 onto I 8, off at Hwy 163 & into the theatre area, on University Blvd. We would have never got there in time without the GPS because trying to navigate & find hwy exits in the dark is not efficient. When we got back, Sheila went with Paul & Yvonne for a walk around the bay while I did the journal & expenses.