Monday 7 May 2012

MrGrumpy goes around the bay

MrGrumpy was not sure what to do today, in the morning he talked to Little MissNaughty and Mr&MrsDangerous on facetime.
He then needed a little shopping, the usual stuff, Orange Juice, Milk and more clothes, so off to WallMart via BestBuy (just in case there were any gadgets to buy).


Back by lunchtime, he was still not sure what to do, he thought about a country park but he feet were still tender from the blisters, so lots of walking was not a good idea.

So he headed off to the gas station to fill up, $48 later, he was off... but where...

As he had been south several times, he headed north, up towards SanFran. He passed MrCrazyRunners place and then he was almost in SanFran and may as well go over the bridge.
Traffic was pretty slow towards the bridge, the freeway just evaporates and turns into downtown without warning, anyway he continued.
Once he got to the bridge, it was just like any other bridge he had been over, except is was red and famous (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2991985729919).
He stopped at the vista point to take the obligatory photo, parking was not easy, he had to go round a few times before he caught somebody else leaving and was able to park.

After the photos MrGrumpy did not want to simply return the way he had come (no not just because there was a toll going the other way), so he headed north and assumed he should be able to go around the bay.

He was correct, he went over the richmond bridge and then saw highway 880 which showed San Jose as a destination. To make sure he tapped MrSatNav and requested the "guest house" as the destination, it showed just over an hour to get back. As MrGrumpy had come to expect MrSatNav stopped playing at a crucial point when the highways split into two or three, he kept on 880 hoping it was correct.
He then attempted to resurrect MrSatNav who was out for the count, not a peep, refusing to wake up... Eventually after several resurrection attempts MrSatNav finally reset and came back into life. Luckily MrGrumpy was still on the correct route to circumnavigate the bay.

Mr Grumpy had plans to get food at the Nowhere Bar and Grill which he had spotted the other day, this was the only bar he had found in walking distance. It seems a reasonable "Biker Bar", usual pool tables and tv screens showing sports. Unfortunately they don't serve food on a Sunday, which was not good as MrGrumpy found drinking three or four beers without food makes him pass out as soon as he got home, and feel quite rough the next morning. Passing out when he got home was not good, not least because MrGrumpy had not called home and Little MissNaughty was very worried because he had not been in touch. MrGrumpy really does need to keep in touch as she is the only person who knows he OK. This also was made worse by MrGrumpy's iPhone getting stuck in a strange mode, it thought the headphones were plugged in when they were clearly not, this was not good as he was unable to tell when a new message or email had arrived, so he did not notice the worried messages had arrived.



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