{"id":535,"date":"2007-03-08T22:44:07","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T02:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/?p=535"},"modified":"2007-03-08T22:44:07","modified_gmt":"2007-03-09T02:44:07","slug":"the-conductor-the-lighthouse-keeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/?p=535","title":{"rendered":"The Conductor &#038; the Lighthouse Keeper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I needed to spend the day in the trailer working, which required considerable discipline since it has been an absolutely beautiful day outside.  Best I could do was open all the windows and let the warm desert breezes fly through the trailer.  Eleanor and Emma at least got out a bit, heading into town to do laundry and talk to some of the locals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Anza%20truck%20trailer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Anza truck trailer.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Anza%20truck%20trailer-thumb.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While working, I got the following email note:<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nHey there, Rich, Greetings from the Komfort 5th wheel across from you! We&#8217;ve been using your WiFi since last night, so thought I&#8217;d better pipe up and say thanks. My husband Geno and I RV about 7 months out of the year. He&#8217;s cycling up Montezuma Pass right now.  Instead of working, I&#8217;ve been enjoying your site, the IIM site, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalrv.net\">Digital RV forum<\/a>, etc.  If it&#8217;s OK, we&#8217;ll plan to stop by to meet you this afternoon.  Thanks again, Pat<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s strange to meet people as a result of providing free wi-fi, but hey, whatever works.  Pat and Geno popped over after lunch and turned out to be very nice folks. Wish I&#8217;d had more time to chat but work still needed to be done, and even now (at 10 pm) there&#8217;s more to be done. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Anza%20Sam%20Mike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Anza Sam Mike.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Anza%20Sam%20Mike-thumb.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This afternoon we got another visit, from Mike and Sam.  <a href=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/2006\/06\/international_rally_day_two_pa_1.html\">We last saw them in Salem, OR<\/a> at the International Rally.  Their wives were unavailable today so the guys drove nearly 2 hours over the mountains from San Diego just to hang out for a couple of hours with us.  And they brought us a Dutch Apple pie from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.julianpie.com\">Julian Pie Company<\/a>, which pretty much puts them on our &#8220;A List&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Anza%20keeper%20show.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Anza keeper show.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Anza%20keeper%20show-thumb.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At 5 pm, Bill put on his lighthouse-keeper&#8217;s uniform.  He does docent work at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/cabr\">Cabrillo National Monument<\/a>, recreating the persona of Capt. Robert Decatur Israel, who managed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/cabr\/historyculture\/old-point-loma-lighthouse.htm\">Old Point Loma Lighthouse<\/a> from 1871 to 1891.  Since he also looks a lot like the conductor from &#8220;The Polar Express&#8221;, he did a little routine for Emma based on that story.  Between him and Emma it was hilarious.  At the end, he presented Emma with a copy of the book and a little silver bell.  If you&#8217;ve read the book or seen the movie, you&#8217;ll know what the bell symbolizes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Anza%20keeper%202.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Anza keeper 2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Anza%20keeper%202-thumb.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I needed to spend the day in the trailer working, which required considerable discipline since it has been an absolutely beautiful day outside. Best I could do was open all the windows and let the warm desert breezes fly through the trailer. 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