Visit from Arnold, Mike, & Tina

The day after Thanksgiving Arnold set of in his RX7 for a visit to good friends Mike and Tina in Sacramento. He had good weather, and broke the journey with an overnight stay in a motel near the Oregon border.

Yesterday the three of them showed up at the Marina. We took a leisurely stroll along the bayside walk in the brilliant sunshine for lunch at the nearby Boiler Room restaurant, set inside an ex Ford factory assembly plant.

After a long visit to the boat over beers and white wine we left at dusk for the Salute e Vita Ristorante on the other side of the marina. We were graced with our own private nook with a large warm "wood" fire (gas, actually, but it fooled me) and the food was superb. (I had the Fettuccine Pescadore which was nothing less than a seafood smorgasbord on one plate. Yum!) I think that we were all reluctant to leave the cozy and warm atmosphere because we lingered over coffee and desert and discussions on solving the world's problems.

I let the this blog down by forgetting to take my camera on the lunch outing. However, I did take this photo of Mike and Tina in Pachuca's cabin.