Last Friday the 10th, Bob and I traveled four stops north on the yellow BART line to the Oakland suburb of Rockridge to have dinner and a walk through of the home of our next Oakland area housesit. This is a couple that we did a housesit for 9 years ago shortly after we had sold our condo. We took to them and they to us, and although the stars haven’t aligned until now for us to sit for them again, we have kept in touch. It was lovely to catch up over a home cooked meal of fresh salmon and veggies, with a cherry cobbler made from sour cherries from Wisconsin. One of the homeowners is a fellow Wisconsinite.
This weekend we ran some errands and started prepping the West Oakland house for the homeowners return. We left about 4:00 pm on Monday after 3 walks with the dogs, and the homeowners returned later that evening. Peaches and Whiskey were a tough duo to say goodbye to. I don’t think either of us will forget Whiskey’s verbal expressions of excitement when it was time for a walk.
We just started our Rockridge housesit about 11 am today, so Bob got us a room at the Marriott City Center in downtown Oakland for two nights. It was a super relaxing 1.5 days with free breakfasts, happy hour wine each night, and sufficient appetizers and dessert to make 2 free dinners for us. The fitness facility on site was also awesome.
More on our current housesit tomorrow. We’ll be here until late afternoon on 4/27.
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