In the morning after packing Amy and I tore apart the dashboard of her truck to try to get into her broken CD player. I think Amy lacked faith, but an hour later the dashboard was back together and her CD player worked. It was a gorgeous sunny day, so after finishing with the truck we went for a long walk around the adjacent property and then it was time for me to get on the road.
I'd been planning on meet my friend Mike in San Francisco for dinner, but when I was a couple hours out he called and asked if we could reschedule for somewhere on the East Bay. Since I'd arranged to stay with Amy and her parents in Piedmont that actually worked better for me so that was good. The problem was that now I had a couple hours to kill. I stopped to do some shopping at a couple different places. I tried the office supply stores and electronics / computer stores looking for a new handheld Windows CE computer, but no one had what I wanted (I've set my heart on the HP 720LX). I tried to do some Christmas shopping but was uninspired and couldn't think of anything for the last few people I had to buy for. I tried the outlet malls to pick up some things that I need for my next bit of traveling - but couldn't find anything. Basically I had a very unproductive afternoon.
In the evening I met Mike at his apartment in Richmond and we headed out for dinner. I suggested something ethnic and we ended up at a great little burrito place - not exactly what I had in mind, but just right. After dinner we walked up the street to a little pub, and then went back to his apartment. Around eleven I said goodbye and headed for Piedmont. At Amy's house we had a beer, played with Titrit (her cat), and went to bed.
