The following morning after the storm that flooded the city, the sun broke over the cloudless horizon. I was elated. Tho, I should've stayed home and prepared Erik's room for when he arrives Friday, I just couldn't resist getting outdoors again. I knew the islands would still be flooded [the park highway to Port A was closed Wednesday for a long time, and I assumed there'd still be some standing water], so I opted to go along the shore on Ocean Drive. Again, near the Naval Air Station. I figured the mudflats would be full of water and I was pretty sure there wouldn't be too much in the birding realm since deep water is only for waders, but I could get a good 3 mile walk one way there. At times, before I crossed the bridge about halfway to the Navy Gate, I had to walk down the center of the four lane highway [two directions]. Right smack dab on the yellow dividing line. Standing water on both sides!! This air base is a Naval Flight Training School for the most part, and the pilots and staff [both military and civil service] drive 60 in a 40 MPH zone. I was waiting to be a statistic...Headlines: "Old Lady Hit by a Private 1st Class trainee and left melting in the pool of water leftover from the May 19th Storm in the Land of Oz".
Well, I counted quite a few steps one way, enjoyed the views of the Bay waters sparkling in the morning sunshine, and walked by several fishermen/women and sighted in on a couple of plovers...on the other side. At the mudflats, egrets, herons, pelicans, gulls, avocets, willets were seen. Way off in the distance on the return base's runway, I spied a flock of terns on the shore. It was a great morning for a 
quiet walk. When I got back to the car, I hopped in the driver's seat and headed to the farmer's market, and then stopped at a grocery store to stock up on the staples Erik calls food!! He eats odd things and drinks smoothies that look like green slime. Doesn't smell much better either. But, I got some GOOD [unhealthy]foods for US too. We're set. The only thing yet to do is fill the air mattress that fits on the portable bed frame.
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Wow!!! The last couple of days have been a royal nightmare!! At least as far as the internet goes. Since we no longer have cable [going on 7 years now], I use our cellphone provider's hotspot when home, and wi-fi when out and about if need be. Or even the cellphone itself to login for emails and getting on blogger. Well, the last time I posted a blog, I was telling y'all about leaving comments in your blog comment form and not knowing if my comment went through, and that if there were repeated comments, I didn't know!!! So, after two days of getting disconnected after getting on a secure hotspot connection, and not being able to check emails either over the laptop or our phones...I called our cell phone carrier and got a REAL LIVE PERSON to chat with...after giving some info and discussing the disruptions for days...I'll call her M&M...she discovered that it was just in our area of the city, and they were repairing as we talked. GOOGLE was even suspicious of my getting online/disconnected/logging in/disconnected all the time!! Come to find out, someone damaged a cell phone tower!! Lord have mercy. If I'd known that I would have gone to another part of town, like the library or Starbucks...somewhere, and did my blogging from there. Anyway, this morning, we watched a couple of TV programs over our hotspot, and everything is again, hunky dory!!! I hope...I haven't even tried to save this yet.
