Day 20, June 18, 2018
San Francisco, CA – South Lake Tahoe, CA
189 miles Miles/3 ½ hours
Today did not get off to the best start. As we were checking
out/getting cars/and loading luggage, Hunter and Kelly had a shocking discovery when they went to get her car in the annex garage – and found her back window smashed in. Whatever was in the back was gone. This may
sound crazy, but we’re not sure what was taken. We thought there were bags of
dirty clothes, but we’re still not certain, as there were clothes in the trunk.
For a while Hunter thought his state cross country shirt was taken – and that
was not a good scene. Poor Kelly was a wreck. The resolution involved hotel
security, the SFPD, and Alamo. It two almost two hours off our day, but at
least we’re all okay.
Lesson: 1) Always valet with hotel – not matter the cost. 2)
Never, and I mean never (as we were told repeatedly before and after) leave
anything in your car in San Fran (even a car charger) 3) Don’t ever lose your
sense of humor.
Many thanks to Alamo, who really helped us. Thank you for
the water after I ran/walked to their satellite office in the city, while Kelly
remained with security and the police. Thank you for being receptive to my
begging and pleas when you told me we’d have to drive to the airport for a new
car. Thanks for informing Kelly that American Express (the card she used for
her reservation) would file a claim on her behalf. And thank you for the grace
when Kelly set off the car alarm in the new car, before we ever left the
sidewalk, and it rang and rang for five minutes while I hid in the rental car
office exclaiming, “It wasn’t me!!” - as many employees attempted to help Kelly
silence the alarm!
I felt melancholy when we drove away from the city. Ever since
my first visit in 1989, I’d feel sad when departing SF, because I didn’t want
to leave. This time I was sad because I couldn’t wait to get out. I have a bit
of a yucky feeling about the city.
We made it to Tahoe in about three hours. Hotel is gorgeous,
as is the town. Kids are thrilled! There’s so much for them to do here. The adults,
however, were rattled by the day. I truly lost a step - perhaps exhausted from the events of the past
two days. I really was kind of out of it after we got here. I couldn’t remember
our room numbers, got lost in the hotel (it’s like a maze), and snapped at the
children.
We treated ourselves to wine and a nice Italian dinner.
Kelly and Rich took the kids to the pool after we ate, and I went to bed.
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