Costco; the Van Hunt

Today was one of those days that makes you wonder where it went -- and what was it you did?

We went to San Diego today for a Costco run, but first had to swing by the MDS site to pick up my iPhone that I had left in the office yesterday. I decided that I had to start driving in this mountainous country, even though I'd just as soon let Forry do the driving. If he's going to be making the runs for building supplies and airport pickups, that means that I'll have to be on my own checking on sites, going to meetings, etc. So, I drove the stretch from Diamond Jack's to the MDS site. It's only about seven miles as the crow flies, but it's a s-l-o-w fifteen miles by road and takes at least a half hour. The road is VERY curvy with lots of up and down.

We were going to take a new back-country route by Otay Lake to San Diego, so Forry wanted to drive that stretch. We had hoped to see lots of birds at the lake, but saw lots of fishermen instead. Once you pass the lake, you are out of the country and into populated areas with housing subdivisions and strip malls. We were thankful to have Sally, the GPS unit, with us. She took us right to the store. We had only a few things to pick up. It seemed funny not to stock up on fruits and vegetables like I usually do, but we will be eating at the MDS site for the next two months so didn't need to.

We have a group of 16 short term volunteers coming in this weekend by train. We don't have enough vehicles at the project site to pick them all up (they are Old Order and do not drive) and then to ferry them to work sites during the week. We drove over to the airport to check on renting a large (12 passenger) van, but couldn't get any answers from folks there. So, I've spent a good share of the evening on the computer checking out rental places. It seems there are not very many available. We may just end up renting a 7 passenger minivan and using the 10 passenger one at the project site. They may end up holding their luggage in their laps!