January 6th we decamped,
bade farewells, and began our drive south to our new temporary home,
Campland on the Bay, an RV park on Mission Bay, in San Diego.
January 6th.... As I was
driving, Vicki began picking up reports of the assault on the Capitol,
the insurrection, just after we passed through Gilroy and began
across Pacheco Pass. The reports continued all afternoon and into the
evening. We were appalled, of course, though hardly surprised. It has
been building toward this since Oklahoma City, or before, and Trump's
encouragement, as the authoritarian wannabe and white
nationalist-in-chief, has been a central feature of his
administration. Wednesday, January 20th, we joined with most of the
rest of the world in breathing a heavy sigh of relief as Joe Biden
was inaugurated. But the dunghills of racism, extremism, and
authoritarianism remain, still very much intact. Other than fixing
the climate, the pandemic, and the economy—what president has
ever faced greater challenges?--Biden could help us toward
greater unity by seeing that Trump's manifold transgressions are
fully exposed, offering his followers the opportunity to see how they have
been duped by him and his political party. But I digress.
We have been at Campland now for more
than two weeks, not doing much except reading and going for walks
in the area. The weather is slightly warmer than Middle California,
even to the point of days with short sleeves once or twice. The major
change in our routine is that we hooked Le Sport's TV up to
the campground cable and have been watching MSNBC in the evenings. Our
other pastime is playing the national Covid19 vaccine sweepstakes. We
have appointments late in February but keep hoping something earlier
will open up.
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Mission Bay...an entirely human-made expanse, post-WWII,
dredging the tidal wetlands, building a variety of parks, marinas,
trails, golf courses, etc. Now, of course, the city wants to take
back much of what was built and return it to wetlands; sic transit,
Gloria |
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Among the largest RV parks we have seen, 500 spaces; with
all the amenities, although many are closed now; the campground
is about half full; we're parked just up from the beach |
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| Our encampment, with Clam screenhouse |
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| We're about 200 feet from the campground beach |
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| On one of our daily walks, local flora |
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| Local sculpture |
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| A building we like, near the (ocean) beach |
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The beach and (now disused) pier at Pacific Beach, 2 miles'
walk from our campsite |
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| Looking south |
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| Part of the naval presence in San Diego; an assault ship, I think |
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| Another day, squalls moving in |
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| Surf's up |
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| Downtown San Diego, from Mission Bay |
