luggage was all there (relief!), then drove on out of there.
but what to do for about 3 more hours, until char finished her training course?
i ended up driving down to the fisherman’s wharf area and on to north point as i remembered it being a nice place to just sit and relax, and vaguely remembered that there was open parking there. yes! i found a 4 hour parking spot in view of where i sat. i read my book, glanced every so often at the car, and just chilled out looking over the bay watching the ships come in and go out. the day was nice and sunny, but the 