From San Diego we shifted north, up the coast to Newport Beach. We were there to visit friends, Todd and Barbara Keeler. Mark first met Todd when he worked with Sonardyne. Sonardyne and Todd's company, Parker shared the second floor in Loyang. Shortly after that Todd joined the boating community and as they say the rest is history. They had always said that we should come visit them and stay with them at their place on Newport Island. This seemed like the perfect opportunity so off we went. Newport Beach is neat because everything is within a short walking distance (probably because parking is so tough). The weather was ideal for walking and the beach. This is probably why there are so many people living in Southern California.
We spent a couple of days visiting their local haunts and even played trivia at the Elks Lodge one night. They also helped us purchase our house batteries for Sari Timur which we loaded up on our way out of town. We couldn't leave town with out heading over to Balboa Island to take the car ferry several times. Barbara is a captain on the ferry so we took advantage to watch her work.
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| Todd and Barbara |
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| on the Balboa Island ferry |
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| Captain Barbara |
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