Day 2

Up at 6, ready to implement Plan B. First step... coffee, second step, load our stuff in the van. We didn't make it beyond coffee. Plan C: we'll come back and load our stuff after the oil change and tire replacement. Off to Half Moon Bay. Plan A and B included replacement of two tires. The garage guy pointed out the tread separations on the tires that were thought to be keepers and confirmed the fact that he didn't have suitable tires in stock. Good news - he had oil. Anyway, Plan  D: we'll walk to a nearby coffee shop, have breakfast and call our friend Bill Gillespie to come pick us up. When the car is done, we'll return to the house, load it up and get an early start in the morning. For the sake of brevity, I'm going to invent an acronym here - GAESITM (get and early start in the morning). I'm sure I'll be using it frequently and readers will learn to appreciate the utility of it. It's something we say often (but seldom... OK, never do).
The three of us took a nice 2 hour walk along the shore and Bill dropped us off at the house.  Howard told Beverly that he had postponed our departure because he wanted one more night with her.  She almost believed him.
Garage just called... car won't be ready until 5pm. Chances we will pack tonight - slim. I don't thinK we will be GAESITM.  At least this saves us a blowout somewhere in the middle of Aligator Alley.
I talked to Jeff Pollard today and he told me that there is an over/under pool to pick our actual departure date. Nobody picked yesterday or today. He has next Monday.