Day 2 – Independence Day

Early Morning

Combining 3 hours sleep from yesterday afternoon, with the addition of an extra 4 hours sleep overnight, I woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed at a crazy 6am.  I mulled over a couple of options before deciding on going for a walk.  I’m not honestly sure whether this is normally advisable, but no one seemed to mind.  Despite the early hour – on a public holiday – there were people about.  Some were walking for exercise like I was, and some going about their daily routine.

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Mexican Restaurant/Farmer’s Market

The organic fruit market (Sigona’s Farmer’s Market) not far from Will’s place opened dead on 6am, I made a mental note to backtrack there later.  Someone was at the Mexican restaurant unloading from a van, but otherwise the area was fairly sparse for action.  I made my way to a petrol station and took some cash out from an ATM.  The man at the counter seemed spry and attentive for such a wee hour.  I grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge on the way through.  I crossed a large road using a pedestrian footbridge (this time) and found myself buried within some close knit units wedged near a public school.

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Service Station/Wicked looking ice cream van

I started to head back, but decided that 20 minutes of “exercise” was a bit half assed.  I decided to scout the area on foot a bit further.  There was an interesting ice cream depot a bit further closer to the freeway, and although I was aiming to get a better view of the bay, pedestrian foot options were quite limited.  I located another potential food option nearby – a Pita restaurant, and then returned home.

  • Civ 5
  • Breakfast
  • Facebook Messenger
  • Drive to brunch, met Rhys at the diner

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  • American diner-style lunch
  • Drive to Mountain View

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  • See Independence Day at Century Theatre
  • Drive to Fry’s in Palo Alto

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  • Return to Will’s
  • Dinner (BBQ steaks)

 

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  • Fireworks in nearby Redwood City
  • Skype with family
  • Bullet points
  • Bed

Tomorrow: Napa Valley

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