1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,880 Hi everybody, I'm Emily and I'm Vince and this is the lighthouse lowdown 2 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:18,640 Thanks 3 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,380 I'm off my game. Usually I have something to say 4 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:28,240 You say thank you to our everyone who sent us engagement. Well wishes. Yeah, that was nice. So nice and 5 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:35,080 We also got a couple of new lighthouses to cover. So oh, let's go appreciate that. We had some emails then 6 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,760 Yes, exactly what we're going to be covering next time 7 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,280 Due to our wonderful listeners 8 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:49,600 It'll be a Valentine's Day episode post Valentine's Day. Nice. Yeah when you and I recorded it'll still be Valentine's Day 9 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:52,360 Yeah romance 10 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:57,360 Before our little trip or little getaway. I have not done this in a long time 11 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,360 I'm back. I'm excited 12 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:04,840 We are so back. We are so back and in it. We are back. I have I 13 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,640 Have a history Vui which I found while I was 14 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:16,320 Researching this lighthouse. That's the best way to find them. Yeah, it is accidentally 15 00:01:16,320 --> 00:01:20,960 Thank you for your the fervor in your voice. I appreciate that. You're really 16 00:01:21,780 --> 00:01:23,640 How long have you been drinking? 17 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:24,920 coke 18 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,280 15 minutes. Okay. Excellent. So Coca-Cola like at the peak 19 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,560 mixed with drugs 20 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,280 Okay, no, that's a lie 21 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:41,920 History buoy I'm covering today is the Los Angeles lighthouse challenge. Oh, there's another one 22 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:45,280 Oh just LA Vince did a whole episode right on 23 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:47,320 Lighthouse challenge, right? 24 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:51,200 And so I'm just gonna do a little history brew over the LA lighthouse challenge 25 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:55,200 We're cool came up because lighthouse recovering today had a hundred and fifth anniversary 26 00:01:55,360 --> 00:02:01,240 And so I don't know if this is a recurring thing or if it was only for the anniversary that they did this because it was 27 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,240 Like okay very small scale 28 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,560 Don't know 105 is not a particularly 150. Oh, okay 29 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:16,360 Yeah, 105th. That's what you said. I think oh my gosh and to think that I I'd be like that's kind of I moved the five 30 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,560 And zero and then spoke it 31 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,960 Like in words and still didn't catch it 32 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:26,840 For real on a whole new level. Okay, so let me I have a photo I 33 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:34,000 That has some of the details of it, but it was on Saturday July 13th of this last year 34 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,800 So I don't know if it'll be a thing that they do this year, too. But I guess we can wait and see 35 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:40,880 summertime 36 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:45,360 The goal was to collect five stamps at four different locations in LA 37 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:49,720 And when you collect them all you get a souvenir prize, so it's very similar to the New Jersey challenge 38 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,120 I'm sure that's where they got the idea for this 39 00:02:53,840 --> 00:03:01,520 Because it's nice the same thing you go to a point you pick up your packet that comes with little gifts and then your stamp 40 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:03,040 pamphlet 41 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:08,200 So what I wonder you know, I never thought about it being an original idea, New Jersey New Jersey 42 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,640 Wow, New Jersey lighthouse challenge. I just 43 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:18,440 Thought it was a great idea, but I guess you could do it anywhere. This is interesting. It's one city. So tell us 44 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:25,520 When you find out whatever whenever we talk next if it's recurring or if it was one time 45 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:27,920 I'll have to keep an eye peeled. I have a feeling it's recurring 46 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:31,600 I hope it is I hope like it went well and they're like, oh we should do this every year 47 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,600 This is the first time. Mm-hmm. I mean as far as I know 48 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:40,760 Yeah, it didn't seem to be like a thing that happened over and over but five different stamps two of them 49 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,760 Are at point is it Vicente? 50 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,480 Reset. Oh, yeah Vicente sent a 51 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:51,160 And we start at Point Furman lighthouse, which is the lighthouse we're covering today 52 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,760 you also have to end at Point Furman lighthouse in order to 53 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,320 Get your souvenir prize 54 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:01,360 So you have to like start there to get your pamphlet and everything get a stamp 55 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:06,640 And then you can head over to Angel's Gate for Nellie's at the Maritime Museum because Angel's Gate 56 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:12,200 It's here in LA and you can see it from the Marine Aquarium. What is it Cabrillo? 57 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,200 I don't see 58 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:19,680 Under stamp number three Cabrillo Cabrillo Cabrillo, I think 59 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:25,680 Sorry everybody, but from the Maritime Aquarium, you can see the Angel's Gate lighthouse, which is closed to the public 60 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,520 But they have the Fradal Lens at the LA Maritime Museum 61 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,960 So you can get a stamp for that go to the LA Harbor lighthouse, which is 62 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:40,760 the Marine Aquarium has that stamp and then you'd go to point Vicente and get a stamp for their lighthouse and 63 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:46,360 At the Interpreter Center. Nice. It doesn't look so bad. I see the first three are all San Pedro 64 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:50,000 Yeah, all same area code. I'm about to pull up a map of 65 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,960 Where they are in relation to each other. Heck yeah, and I also put it on 66 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,720 Was that just one or both that was one cat 67 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:06,680 I hope they're okay. He just ran into the post of our table on his way to go to the feeder. Oh 68 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:11,960 The feeder goes off every day at the same time just so you people know so that Joey. Yeah 69 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,600 That's our dumb cat. Yeah, Joey will decide to poop 70 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,680 Right. He's literally he's pooped on the way to the feeder. Yeah 71 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:25,480 He's just abandons the litter box and just suffers the consequences of doing that mid poop 72 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,120 anyway 73 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:32,320 So I'm gonna pull up a map in a second of what it looks like and I put it in 74 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:34,280 biking 75 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:38,160 Timeline so that if you wanted to bike this it gives you some timing 76 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:42,720 You I I don't think you could walk it and you could easily drive it 77 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,840 So the timeline is between 10 a.m. And 5 p.m 78 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:49,080 Sure, and they put a little hint on their website that said point Furman 79 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:54,280 Actually, you can get in at 930 if you wanted to get a little head start wink wink 80 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:57,480 Nice there for the head start people 30 minutes 81 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,320 But yeah, so and you could really do it in whatever order you wanted 82 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:06,120 But you just have to start and end at point Furman lighthouse. Nice. Here's a look 83 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:10,320 It's I did not include going back from 84 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,000 point Vincent Vincent Vicente Vicente 85 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:18,960 From there to back to point Furman and that's the longest stretch 86 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,440 So it's probably about a two hour stretch 87 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:26,240 The longest stretch so it's probably about a two hour bike ride to hit everything 88 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,120 Which when you think about is not that bad. Although that is 89 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:38,820 We went we went we went to see my mom in Boise, Idaho and rode on the bike trail there 90 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:44,600 How many months we do 18 18 miles but there was a day now we took all sorts of breaks 91 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:44,920 Okay 92 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:51,640 I was thinking that doesn't really make sense for it to be 12 miles and only an hour and 15 minutes because we biked 93 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:58,440 Way longer than that. Maybe this is people who are cyclists versus me on a 94 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,080 bike with flat tires 95 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:08,440 Anyways, so yeah, cool. It's it's bikeable and may I may even like give it a go, but 96 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,760 Obviously driving is gonna be your best bet 97 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:18,640 But you do some training enjoy the ride too. So that's our LA lighthouse challenge that happened this past year 98 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:23,080 Pretty pretty fun. Oh, you can see Angels Gate out there 99 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,920 Next to the maritime. Oh, yeah, so you can see it from there. Yeah 100 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:32,120 Marine aquarium. Mm-hmm. They have a way for you can you can view it from a distance. That's awesome. Yeah 101 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,960 so we're gonna be zeroing in on point Furman lighthouse, it's just at the bottom of 102 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:44,080 Our little map that we have pulled up here. So we are in California point firm is next to Long Beach and only 30 minutes south of 103 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,520 LA 104 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:52,640 So when Southern California's first railroad the Los Angeles and San Pedro railroad was built in 1869 105 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,400 it connected the bay and 106 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,680 LA which at that time was like booming and 107 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:04,240 So like there was tons of growth there and like the addition of the railroad meant that they needed a lighthouse 108 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:10,400 so there was a quest made in 1869 for the lighthouse board to add a lighthouse in this area a 109 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,640 Site was selected on the bluff of point Furman and in 110 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:22,600 1872 $20,000 was appropriated for a lighthouse and at that time the land had multiple owners 111 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,680 I don't really know it. I don't know what that means like somebody owns 112 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,480 Like a mile of it and someone else owns 113 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,160 really, I guess a 114 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:33,800 Hey 115 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:37,480 Could be square miles. Yeah, interesting. Yep one square mile 116 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:42,640 Yeah, I don't know but uh, no problem. The government just took it 117 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,920 Took him to court and stole eminent domain 118 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:52,240 Yeah, really like oh multiple owners so it would have been impossible to figure out how to pay these people 119 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:56,680 Yeah, they didn't have them. Oh, yeah, so then they just took them all the court and didn't split it 120 00:08:56,680 --> 00:09:03,640 I just find when I read that I'm like, oh my gosh, those guys have to been like well there goes our family land 121 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,720 Yeah, that was our legacy. So our lighthouse Pound firm Pound 122 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,800 Pound firmin 123 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,040 Point Furman was built 124 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:23,440 From California redwood and fur so pretty fancy and it's beautiful ornate Victorian structure 30 feet tall and 125 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:28,760 Was a square integral lighthouse. It may be familiar to you. I'll put up a picture. Hey 126 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:37,800 This is a sister light to herford inlet and East brother Island lighthouse and a few more that are all no longer standing 127 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,760 So as of this episode, we'll have covered all the sister lighthouses 128 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:49,400 That are still standing for a fam. I know so cute to describe you would say like cottage style 129 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,880 Yeah, it's the stick style architecture. That's right 130 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:57,040 Victorian that's white black shutters brick awesome geometry 131 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,240 Yeah, very seeing very pleasing to that and this is updated 132 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:05,040 So I don't know I'm sure they didn't stray far from original on like paint colors and stuff 133 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,880 So we can probably count on this being beautiful historically, correct 134 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,000 Yeah, very nice looking lighthouse 135 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:19,280 It's still original so it's it's lasted since it was built in the 1870s 136 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:28,320 Nice its fourth order lens was lit on December 15th 1874 by its first two keepers who were sisters Mary and Ella Smith 137 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:30,320 So our first keepers are crazy 138 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:35,600 And they're like sisters. I have never heard of that before. It's so cool. What was their story? How'd they get into that business? 139 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:38,320 They came from another lighthouse. So they were 140 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,200 They I think in Washington, okay 141 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:45,400 And that was another thing is the lighthouse that they were at must have been 142 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:49,200 Closer to civilization or something because at this time. Yeah, the area was booming 143 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:54,400 But it was long before anybody was living in this area, you know, so it was 144 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,160 It was only like eight years that they lasted before they 145 00:10:59,560 --> 00:11:05,560 Resigned saying that the area was too lonely. Wow. I know which is so funny considering the current population 146 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:07,560 Eight years is pretty good though 147 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:11,280 Yeah, no, it's definitely good. But here's a postcard 148 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:17,840 I believe in 1900 cool just kind of like bare bones and shows the bluff really well 149 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:25,040 Did they have to move this lighthouse? No, they haven't and it's close to that love like really rocky. So tectonic rock 150 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,920 The light characteristic originally was red and white switching every 20 seconds. I think 151 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:34,160 It's I that's how you read it. That's how yeah, that's how I read it 152 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:37,120 It was rotated by clockwork weights that you had to wind up 153 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:43,280 15 ish years later in 1889 the characteristic changed from alternating red and white to fixed white 154 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:48,560 And as more lighthouses started to pop up in the area and like made it really confusing 155 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:51,720 They changed it to a flashing white in 1912 156 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,920 Okay. Yeah, so which is interesting. Why? 157 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:03,280 Would you build a lighthouse like this is right next to angels gate lighthouse. I don't know anything about angels gate 158 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:08,240 I've heard of it. I've heard of it, but I don't know anything about it. It's the other one that's still there. Yeah, it's the one that's uh 159 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,040 That you see from the maritime aquarium 160 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:18,000 But why would you build a lighthouse and then give it a fixed white characteristic? 161 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:24,960 It's like this one was changed to fixed white and then it got confusing because new lighthouses popped up and it's like well 162 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,320 Then why why did you give them the same characteristic as one that's already nearby? 163 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:33,360 I don't know. Did they just do you think they decide we've never talked about this. I know do they decide 164 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,920 The the day mark for that matter, but also the light characteristic 165 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:43,120 Before they finished construction like they would be like, okay 166 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,480 So this one's really close to this lighthouse and this one's fixed white 167 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:50,080 So let's make this one fixed red or flashing white or something 168 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,680 I mean, I know we've been doing this for years, but maybe they have different meanings 169 00:12:53,680 --> 00:12:59,520 Like fixed white stay away and now this one's more stay away than that one was because this one's even more critical of the place 170 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:04,240 I don't know. I don't know or more. Maybe it's because the new one has a better 171 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:12,320 For now lens so it's got a longer range and so that one should be flashing maybe it's a lot more expensive to have 172 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:18,240 Clockwork and rotating and stuff and so then all of them ended up being fixed colors 173 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:23,920 But none of them had flashing capabilities. So then this one switched to flashing white. That'd be nice to reduce the amount of work 174 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:25,920 They had to do. Yeah clockwork 175 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,560 You just think they would that would be the first point of concern is that everybody's 176 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:36,160 Knows exactly which lighthouses which that's what it's for. Yeah, I don't know 177 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,040 But that's what happened here 178 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:44,320 1917 keeper Willie Austin became head keeper of the lighthouse 179 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:50,800 1917 keeper Willie Austin became head keeper along with his wife and seven kids 180 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:57,280 Plus one more after they were living there. Let's go when his wife passed away unexpectedly from an operation keeper 181 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,280 Willie died from broken heart 182 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:02,000 Oh, man, I know the same year 183 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,240 Mr. Willie 184 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:05,600 Dang it. Willie 185 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:10,560 Couldn't keep it together without his wife. That's crazy about that being eight kids that are suddenly orphaned 186 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:15,920 So he had a heart attack type of thing. Yeah, he just died on unknown cause. Yeah, they just say broken heart 187 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,320 So there's got to be there's got to be some scientific 188 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:24,160 Explanation for what that means because I hear it's it's a real thing 189 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:29,360 I don't know like if anyone out there knows a scientific explanation to dying of a broken heart 190 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:34,320 Let us know. Yeah, is it like you just don't have the will to go on and you just whisper away 191 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:38,320 One of those, you know, you slap the hood it is what it is 192 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:42,720 But because of this their children Thelma and 193 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:46,480 Louise I want to say Juanita 194 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:53,200 Decided to keep the light in their stead saying quote we had a sacred duty to perform to keep the heroic 195 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,840 Work, which our parents started and wow, so that's pretty cool 196 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,840 Another pair of sisters run in the lighthouse after way different circumstances, but still 197 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,680 How about how old were they? They must have been old enough to 198 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,680 They must have been all this business. Yeah, I'm not adults. I must have been 15 or something 199 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:13,680 Yeah by those standards true 200 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:19,680 Thelma was headkeeper until 1927. So I don't know how many years that was maybe like three 201 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:27,440 Maybe two I think okay that she ran it with her sister and then this marked the end of keepers at this lighthouse 202 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:32,800 So the Los Angeles Park Department struck a deal that meant a park superintendent 203 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,520 Could keep the light and live there 204 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:40,560 Because it was now electrified. So it was like a lot easier of a job. When was electrified 205 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,120 1923 I think this is probably the same year 1927 206 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:50,480 I know that's early very early, especially the west coast. I feel like 207 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:56,960 Those lighthouses were like behind the times compared to east coast, which were like always on top of things 208 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:01,760 I guess but that's I guess that's just a feeling and not based on fact. That's nuts was 209 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,880 That must be one of the first I can't remember all the years in history 210 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:08,880 But that must be one of the early ones to be electrified. It must be at least 211 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:11,680 well, because 212 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:17,600 The first one I know we've talked about it, which is why I bring it up, but I don't remember the details 213 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,320 what numbers 214 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,840 I'm pretty sure it was the first one to be electrified 215 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:27,520 1898 so that's like 30 years after this 216 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:29,840 20 something 217 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:35,600 Okay, so we'll have to look up in never mind like which lighthouses were electrified in which order but it is true that it took 218 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,280 It what 20s is still pretty good for getting electrified 219 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:45,120 I think a lot of them put it off for a while because yeah like 40s 50s 60s 70s 220 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:47,760 1970s 221 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:54,720 In some cases some cases the eyebrows shot up in some cases you dirt bag 222 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:02,480 Dirt bag. Yeah, I would never even think that in my head land lover 223 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:07,760 So, yeah now we we have no more keepers past that point it's kind of crazy 224 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:14,720 Two days after the pearl harbor attack the light went dark what a shock 225 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,720 They they put out the lighthouse for good 226 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:26,000 It never was never really dark. So that wasn't going to be bombed probably. Well, yeah, we don't want to aid enemy ships and like submarines 227 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,760 We'll get by 228 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:29,760 So we're going to have to get rid of that 229 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:32,800 So we're going to have to get rid of that 230 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:37,920 Probably. Well, yeah, we don't want to aid enemy ships and like submarines or get bombed 231 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:43,200 And so and they never relit it. No is the end 1941 232 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,560 You'd know better than me circa 1941 233 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:54,640 You don't remember off the top of your head when pearl harbor was well 234 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,160 June 6th 235 00:17:58,540 --> 00:18:00,540 1942 236 00:18:00,540 --> 00:18:07,260 Um was d-day let me look at that up. Okay, this is a quiz. Hold on history quiz 237 00:18:08,300 --> 00:18:10,300 You know more about war than 238 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:14,620 1944 oh, I thought the war ended in 45 239 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:16,700 Well, yeah, that's 240 00:18:16,700 --> 00:18:20,060 Okay attack on pearl harbor was december 7th 1941 241 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:21,980 and 242 00:18:21,980 --> 00:18:24,060 June of 1944 we were in the war 243 00:18:24,940 --> 00:18:28,700 Okay, so december 9th this lighthouse 1941 crazy for good 244 00:18:28,700 --> 00:18:29,660 traffic 245 00:18:29,660 --> 00:18:31,020 Kind of right 246 00:18:31,020 --> 00:18:34,140 Huh? That was kind of right. Yeah for sure. Let the record show 247 00:18:35,340 --> 00:18:37,340 There were some correct numbers in there 248 00:18:37,660 --> 00:18:42,540 But yeah, most of the lighthouses on the west coast went dark after this happened just to avoid aiding 249 00:18:42,700 --> 00:18:45,100 But point for a man did not get relit so 250 00:18:45,820 --> 00:18:51,100 Well that that's that was unlike most other lighthouses. I'm not sure. I'm not sure why but 251 00:18:51,580 --> 00:18:55,440 Probably because it's surrounded by other lighthouses that had similar light characteristics 252 00:18:55,440 --> 00:19:00,400 Shortly after extinguishing the lantern room was removed and replaced with a chicken coop 253 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:05,360 Which is basically just a windowed room to keep an eye out from like a lookout tower 254 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:08,080 Oh, yeah picture of what it looked like with its chicken coop 255 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:15,760 Uh interesting so basically anything from the balcony up was removed and replaced to be useful in war 256 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,720 And after the war a light on a metal pole replaced the light 257 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,000 Which is always so funny like I'm like 258 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,760 Which is always so funny like I I didn't include a picture in here, but you can look it up 259 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:33,200 It's literally a metal pole with a light on top. So sad like, you know with some antenna or whatever 260 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:35,360 like ah 261 00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:37,360 We have this gorgeous 262 00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:39,120 architecture just 263 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:41,120 beautiful historical 264 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:43,280 lighthouse and then it's just like 265 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,160 It's a little antenna 266 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,480 the coast guard considered demolishing the light in 267 00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:51,600 1972 and then bill 268 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:55,700 Will oleson I want to say i'm just gonna go forward with that and 269 00:19:56,660 --> 00:19:58,580 Anyone feel free to correct me 270 00:19:58,580 --> 00:20:04,580 He had first visited the lighthouse at eight years old and spent his whole life nearby and he teamed up with the coordinator of 271 00:20:05,140 --> 00:20:07,140 the cabrio 272 00:20:07,220 --> 00:20:09,220 Maritime museum 273 00:20:10,820 --> 00:20:12,820 Very good 274 00:20:14,020 --> 00:20:17,620 According to online pronunciation lady, it's cabrillo 275 00:20:17,620 --> 00:20:21,060 So we don't pronounce it like I was wrong 276 00:20:22,100 --> 00:20:24,100 um 277 00:20:24,820 --> 00:20:27,060 So that's all in there forever, um 278 00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:30,500 Cabrillo 279 00:20:30,500 --> 00:20:33,060 Okay. Wow. Let me start again now that I know it 280 00:20:33,540 --> 00:20:40,980 So bill oleson teamed up with the coordinator of the cabrillo maritime museum to save our lighthouse which was in danger of being demolished 281 00:20:40,980 --> 00:20:48,340 In their campaign to save the lighthouse point firman was added to the national register of historic places in the same year 1972 282 00:20:48,420 --> 00:20:52,820 Let's go and over the next two years the chicken coop was removed and the lantern room 283 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:58,900 Reconstructed based on the original blueprints. So smart kept it historical and 284 00:20:59,380 --> 00:21:03,060 Returned it to its formal glory much prettier. Yeah, so much better 285 00:21:04,580 --> 00:21:07,780 By 2002 the lighthouse got another renovation this one 286 00:21:07,780 --> 00:21:10,200 2.6 million dollars 287 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:15,080 My gosh, so here's a I put up a before and after it's 288 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:21,000 It's hard to tell but it really is like it gave it got a facelift. First of all all the colors 289 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:25,800 Yeah washed out. It looks way better. Yeah, there's like some corrosion and stuff going on 290 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,600 fixed it right up, which is 291 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:37,480 Great and that that's only on the outside. It also got new plumbing electrical work alarm systems air conditioning and period furnishings 292 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:42,360 So it's historically accurate on the inside as well air conditioning. I know 293 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,920 Missed out all this time 294 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:50,280 Is it hot in california is one of those places where it's hot? Okay. Yeah, it gets hot doesn't really get cold 295 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,800 Oh, they think it's freezing if it's 60. Yeah 296 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:59,640 Oh, I guess if you're not used to it not all of california. It's a huge state, but my grandma who lived in ventura 297 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,280 She would uh comment how cold how she could get a jacket anytime. It was 60 298 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:10,280 So funny, well, she was also a grandma. She was a grandma. They're more sensitive to that 299 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:13,480 I don't want to live somewhere where it gets hot and not cold 300 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:17,880 I'd rather live somewhere where it gets cold and not hot. Yep. You agree with that? 301 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:20,760 It's important. Am I signing off on something? 302 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:23,480 gosh 303 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,480 We'll see we'll see 304 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,480 What do you mean? What do you mean? 305 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:29,960 This has always been something that you knew 306 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,600 Somewhere that gets cold and not hot. Yeah 307 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:39,320 Yeah, it gets too hot here then we'll have another house in arizona. We'll go there every year to golf 308 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:44,840 I'm never going to no no no only when it's nice there. You can't drag me there. It's a golf mecca 309 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,680 Incredible place anyone that wants to weigh in let us know 310 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:56,600 Yeah, let us all let us know about how hot it gets in arizona. Oh, no, don't say that. I lived in arizona for a short time 311 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,640 125 degrees is the hottest I saw 312 00:23:00,360 --> 00:23:02,360 There were heat stroke warnings 313 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,600 You'd get tired walking between your car and the restaurant 314 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,320 Yeah now 315 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:12,120 That's when you don't live in arizona is the summertime 316 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,000 Yeah, that was also a terrible 317 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:20,520 That was also a terrible. Um, well we had a terrible experience in a town called kingman, arizona 318 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:26,600 What happened? Oh, it's just not like we live there and we didn't enjoy it. Okay, we 319 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,680 So you're not thinking of that. I don't want to trash kingman 320 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:34,440 But the experience wasn't good. Was it 10 years ago? 321 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:40,440 Maybe in the past at least 10 years ago, maybe in the past decade. It's turned itself around 15 years ago 322 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:47,240 Maybe you're insulting like an arizona mecca. It's not just a golf resort. This is the whole 323 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:50,120 Okay, okay. Sorry 324 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:53,000 No, I know you did this. Yeah. Yeah, sorry. Sorry. Sorry 325 00:23:54,920 --> 00:24:01,660 Okay, sorry so after many years as park employee housing it was open to the public after this renovation 326 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:03,960 and this 327 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,560 Kind of led into the question. Where did the lens go? 328 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:14,360 Because someone definitely has it we've heard it a couple times that a war happens a lens gets crated 329 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,160 like taking apart and created somewhere and 330 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,720 They just lose track of where it is. It's just 331 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:24,280 I'd love to see these warehouses where lens get lost it would have to be like 332 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:29,480 Don't you think there's probably like really awesome stuff hidden in there that nobody knows? 333 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:33,800 I think there's some in some warehouses. I think most 334 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:38,920 That were ever in warehouses have been rediscovered and sold yeah for cash 335 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,320 And what does that mean? Like? 336 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:47,080 Where are these warehouses where things get rediscovered like who goes in there and 337 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:53,800 Look at the crepes. There's gonna like imagine. It's a it's a shipping receiving dock area 338 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:57,480 And they have a massive storage and there's this one that 339 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:02,440 Something happened a business went out of you know out of business or something 340 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:08,600 Changed there was a war that started it's like some big event and some warehouse was left dormant shipments were lost or whatever 341 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:12,360 They were never processed well before too long 342 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:18,440 The odds are that shipping yard handling area that I clearly I don't know anything about this world 343 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,240 They're gonna say hey, we need to use that one again 344 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:27,240 Everything that's in there is trash because we got to get rid of it so we can use it to make money 345 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,840 So someone on their off time wink 346 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:34,120 It's gonna go through and see if there's anything valuable 347 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:42,280 Things like historic items things like a fresnel lens that you know they could it's not black market 348 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:47,800 But it is just unofficial. I know a guy and they buy it and this guy just gets the cash 349 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:53,240 He's a he's a shipping worker versus whatever. There's there's a house in california 350 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:58,200 I think los angeles that was sold not too long ago has a velociraptor 351 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,200 Skeleton like fossilized 352 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:05,080 Skeleton just as part of the house. Oh my gosh. It's included in the house 353 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,880 There's people out there that are that wealthy 354 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:15,560 Like there's like like beyond you can imagine there's people that have a giant first order from that lens in their living room 355 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:21,560 Just like as a talking piece gonna be us one of these days and we're not gonna steal it in a person 356 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,360 Instead of having another house in arizona, we're gonna have a friend of ours 357 00:26:26,360 --> 00:26:29,080 Yeah, we're gonna have a copy of gay head 358 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:31,640 Fresnel lens first order 359 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:36,280 Clockwork. Oh, whatever. What's that clock? Yeah, yeah a rotational device 360 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,600 And um, we'll decorate it around the christmas time like a big ass tree 361 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:47,800 Very nice, that's the plan someone has it somewhere. Yeah, and you're right 362 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,600 So old listen remember he was the guy who saved it originally 363 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:57,640 He wanted to find the lens before the hundred year celebration back in the 70s. He found the lens 364 00:26:58,040 --> 00:26:59,560 he wanted to 365 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:04,040 And he was talking about it in a restaurant and apparently met somebody 366 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:10,120 There who knew where it was kind of wet market. Is this very strange? I'd be like why are you following me? 367 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:17,080 How is that possible that someone just like oh I know where that is some kind of trench coat you're looking for a Fresnel lens 368 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,080 Like yeah, but not from you 369 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:23,800 A guy named louis bush worked in real estate in malibu 370 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,800 And there was a fourth order lens sitting in his office 371 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:34,120 Nice and he was told that the lens came from a nautical museum on santa monica pier 372 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:40,680 And was a gift from a family friend. So like there's a lot of backstory to how sure he came to have it 373 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,680 But there was like a storm and it got damaged. So then the guy 374 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:50,520 Who worked there or something took it home and then he died so then his son got it then this south a family friend got it too 375 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:51,880 Nice louis 376 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:58,200 He didn't believe that it was from point firman and hung on to it for many years because it's cool. Yeah 377 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:05,480 So then jim woodward a fresnel lens expert gave some insight on how to tell if the lens was from point firman or not 378 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:10,040 So this is a new thing. I learned like it's when you hear it. It's like oh, yeah, that makes sense 379 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:17,640 But in the early 2000s a member of the coast guard auxiliary and jim compared a photograph of the lens from 1912 380 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:26,200 And the lens in louis's office and because the lens was made by hand the screw slots would be in random positions 381 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,200 They're not like all perfectly lined up or anything 382 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,960 So it was like a it was like a fingerprint. It's like 383 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:38,280 You'd never unscrew so then you'd screw it in and then you'd screw it in and then you'd screw it in and then you'd screw it in 384 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:43,880 Never unscrew the screws that were in the copper. Yeah, or brass. Yeah the brass screws 385 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:52,600 You would compare those in a photo and if they matched up then it was like because apparently no two lenses ever made have the same 386 00:28:53,140 --> 00:28:55,140 positioning of interest 387 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,040 Not made by electricians 388 00:28:58,040 --> 00:28:59,720 Yeah, wait what? 389 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,840 It's a it's kind of a joke electricians when they put those plates on 390 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:08,440 Yeah, like on a light switch they so focused on making the slots run perfectly up and they do 391 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,760 Some people I guess if it's like the only visual 392 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:18,760 Proof that something is like well done. Yeah, it's like you might as well make them perfectly up and down, right? 393 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,560 Yeah, not here not our lenses 394 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:28,600 So here's a picture of what they were comparing that is so cool a picture of the first photo they were using and then 395 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:36,680 There's one of it at the lighthouse right now because by using this they compared two photos and found that 396 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:41,640 They matched perfectly. There was no doubt that this was the point point firman 397 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,480 Brunel lens so there was a lie told to this guy 398 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:48,680 Who someone had gifted him? 399 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:55,400 Well, that's not true because the lens could have ended up at a maritime museum, but someone lied or forgot 400 00:29:55,400 --> 00:30:01,560 The history or maybe it was just in an unlabeled crate and they're like because it doesn't have any sort of plate on it 401 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:08,680 That says where it's from so it was probably just uncovered. Like you said somebody sold it off and yeah, like oh, that'd be great 402 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,240 And it's a museum. It's portable enough. Yeah, it's uh, yeah 403 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,480 Couple dudes I forgot. I had a really cool picture of them 404 00:30:16,260 --> 00:30:20,200 Uncrating it at the lighthouse. You can go to their website. I have it linked in 405 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:26,440 Uh our references in the show notes and they have tons of pictures of when they uncreated the firnell lens and were 406 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,000 Setting it up back in the lighthouse 407 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,040 So this is on the ground floor in 2006 408 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:38,120 Um, louis allowance allowed the lens to return to the lighthouse where it was placed on display on the ground floor 409 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:45,080 And on december 16th, they had a celebration for the lens return complete with a parade free cake and ice cream and fireworks 410 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:47,800 It's like heck. Yeah. Oh, yeah 411 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:52,120 That's the kind of energy we need to bring to the table when something like this happens 412 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,000 I mean, it's just like a little lens nobody who? 413 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:56,760 knows 414 00:30:56,760 --> 00:31:00,040 I mean some it's a big deal though people who don't know anything about lighthouses would be like 415 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,240 Cool, but we like wow 416 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,520 We'll set off fireworks 417 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:10,360 Yeah, very exciting. So now you can see the original lens that was used 418 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:15,400 Since it's the lighthouse's conception. Yeah, there's only ever one lens there 419 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:21,640 Other than a little light they still have that light on a pole. Is it somewhere else on the point? Heck. Yeah good for him 420 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,400 Good for him. He has a job. It's super cool 421 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:34,680 In 2015 the los angeles department of recreation and parks was awarded the lighthouse under the national historic lighthouse preservation act of 2000 422 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:40,280 I can't help every time we talk about it. It just I can't help but say it 423 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:43,560 That house preservation act. Yeah punchy because it's so long 424 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:49,880 But um, they run it today as the crown jewel of pound. Oh my gosh. I did it again point firman park 425 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:51,640 point perman 426 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:53,640 Pound park 427 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:59,080 I don't know why and it's open for free guided tours from 1 to 4 pm 428 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:06,280 Tuesdays through Sundays. So they're only closed on Mondays, but it's free free. It's nice. Of course. You should always donate donate. Yeah 429 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:11,800 But keep it spinning. They do I think one tour every hour. So it's actually pretty limited. You gotta 430 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,360 It's got a beautiful floor. Mm-hmm. It does 431 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,240 It was beautifully restored. So it's definitely 432 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,600 A gem that everybody should be going to see 433 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:27,800 They're quite romantic too. In fact, emily thought that I would propose to her at a lighthouse. Yeah, which is why I fully convinced 434 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:34,680 No, it's not true, but I didn't because we are living in kansas. Yeah, we don't have any of those. Yeah 435 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:40,520 So I would if I if we plan a lighthouse trip, I would be expecting it 436 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,560 And but now we're engaged we're gonna get married 437 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:49,800 Just as a fun side fact emily's christmas present this year. I finally hung it 438 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,120 it is a 439 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,840 It's a it's a ship mounted lantern 440 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:59,160 That is red. So what is that port side starboard port? 441 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:01,880 You sure because I don't know 442 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:07,240 Anyways, it's from japan and it was manufactured. I think in the 70s 443 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:10,760 1970s so, uh a really cool company 444 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:17,640 That um, I guess it's not sponsored, but I should shout them out because they're cool. They're nice to me big ship salvage 445 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:24,040 Um, yeah, they worked with me. I mean they worked with me. They answered questions. I wired the thing 446 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,040 So there's a light inside of it 447 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:31,400 Anyway, so now we have a red lantern in our living room. It's pretty dope. Yeah, I cried when I opened it 448 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,120 First I was like, what the heck is this and then he wrote a little note 449 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,400 In there about like what it is. Yeah, and I was like, oh 450 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:42,520 It just thins wasn't around. So I just sent him a video be like this is the best gift i've ever gotten 451 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,080 Then I got a ring shortly after that. So 452 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:47,640 Trumped it gotta keep going up 453 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,000 Next to be a fourth order for now lens. Yes 454 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:53,720 That's all I want put it in the bed of your truck 455 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,440 That would be my wedding gift 456 00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:01,480 Yeah, if anyone has one just sitting around anyone who wants to donate really 457 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,480 any order 458 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,540 Anything anything eight would even be spectacular 459 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,080 Or just a picture of it 460 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:15,720 I guess i'm a little pickier than that. All right. All right. I interrupted so we're talking about the tours 461 00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:19,000 They got tours every hour. They're free. Yep. That's it. Oh 462 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:21,800 What a perfect time for me to interrupt 463 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:26,440 Everyone's probably annoyed. What a perfect time to bring focus to the fact that I had no more notes 464 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,480 Everybody's probably super annoyed by me this episode. We're just really 465 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,520 Super annoyed by me this episode. We're just we're back in the saddle again 466 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,880 As that song says everybody likes when we just chat 467 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:42,360 I everyone who leaves review or leaves comments or everything says that they just like to have us chatting in the background 468 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:49,160 Well for those that are still listening and there are some I would like to thank you because you listen longer and longer on youtube 469 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:54,760 Yeah, which means even though right now the numbers are not growing as far as our followers 470 00:34:54,760 --> 00:35:03,160 Um, which we don't advertise zero with zero percent. Um, those who do listen are listening more and longer 471 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,440 So that's invested in our content and that's all we want is for people to 472 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:12,920 Listen about lighthouses appreciate that. I think we're the number three lighthouse podcasts in the world and number two in the us 473 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:14,760 Pretty sure 474 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:16,440 That's what I tell people 475 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:22,040 In the world, I think there's three lighthouse podcasts in the u.s. Oh that i'm aware of I think you're right 476 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:26,200 Yeah, so at least in the ones that i'm aware of which we've been doing this for several years 477 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,240 Uh, we are number two in the united states behind 478 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:33,240 Jeremy de etremont and lighthearted from the united states lighthouse society 479 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:37,080 they are very in depth and focused and 480 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,600 uh professional folks and 481 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,320 Uh, what's the uk one? I've forgotten 482 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:46,200 I'm sorry. I don't I don't forget on purpose 483 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:52,360 I also forget the name of the venue that emily likes wants us to go get married at over and over and over again 484 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,440 Yeah, it's like I swear it's on purpose 485 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:56,680 It's not 486 00:35:56,680 --> 00:36:01,000 Oh keeping watch perhaps believe it's keeping watch 487 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,560 Let's go. Let's find uh 488 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,560 The host name so we can 489 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:11,320 Let's I feel like we talked about them. It's part of the association of lighthouse keepers. So it's the uk 490 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:15,960 Okay produced and presented by a lk member edward pebbot 491 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:20,600 Cool. That's also a nice it's a cool name. Yeah, it is. That's a podcast name 492 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:27,960 We're about to both have the same last name for our podcast. Yep. He's so cute. I'm still working on swag 493 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,360 I know I keep saying that 494 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,080 I'm stuck between like doing a hoodie 495 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:39,400 Or a shirt which that's kind of the same thing or a hat maybe a crewneck 496 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:43,640 Sweatshirt, we're already a couple hundred dollars invested in hat research. So 497 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:51,080 Maybe maybe both we'll see I wore the hat a lot on vacation if it's a really cool design. I wouldn't mind just 498 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:55,260 Uh, no one wants them and I just have you know, 20 sweatshirts 499 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,440 the minimum order of folks is uh 500 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:03,800 Anyways, no one cares. We're working on swag. Keep you on your toes. Maybe 2025 it'll happen 501 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:06,760 We're also supposed to get married 502 00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:13,000 So there's a lot going on going on multiple trips might be helping my dad move. Yeah, this is going back to sweden 503 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:19,800 So back to sweden. I really want you to see a light lens sorts. Sure. Sure 504 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:21,720 Sure 505 00:37:21,720 --> 00:37:25,800 Long sorts. I don't know. It's a pretty cool lighthouse and you should check out our episode 506 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:31,880 And the guy that owns it will take you up there. Yeah, he was super nice. Although we didn't meet him 507 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:37,080 Um, i'm gonna be so jealous. Let's briefly revisit this. There's an episode we covered 508 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:40,360 L-a-n-d s-o-r-t-s 509 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:47,400 Yeah, long sorts. But we didn't this we recorded it before we went on our trip. So we didn't actually I 510 00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:52,680 I don't know if we actually said anything about it. Oh, well, it's in sweden 511 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:54,520 it's 512 00:37:54,520 --> 00:38:00,440 A couple hours from stockholm via bus and then ferry. Yes, we missed the ferry 513 00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,440 um and the next one was 514 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:07,000 Three hours later and then which doesn't sound that bad, but we had other plans 515 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:14,440 You know we're international traveling. Yeah, the spot where you stopped for the ferry has a really nice restaurant. That was delicious 516 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:21,240 But there's not much else that that's like it you're you wait for the ferry and eat at a restaurant and it was a good restaurant 517 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,120 the last ferry out of the island 518 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:26,280 was like 519 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:30,440 An hour and a half or something so we wouldn't have had enough so we wouldn't have had time 520 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:34,760 To uh, we had a whole day planned on the island. So it just kind of got screwed 521 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:42,760 So my my mom is uh, obviously my family that's not obvious my family comes from swedish background 522 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:44,680 um 523 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:50,360 The the name family name was uh, johnson before that it was swanson and then 524 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:55,240 I'm not sure before that but um my my mom 525 00:38:55,240 --> 00:38:58,440 My my mom and my grandma who's now gone 526 00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:01,240 She really focused a lot on family heritage 527 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:05,080 Towards the end of her life. She she wanted to reconnect the people and she 528 00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:08,120 She took my mom to sweden 529 00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:09,880 when 530 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:14,600 A long time ago. I think I know my mom went to sweden when she was studying abroad 531 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:21,320 She went as a college student and then she took my sister to sweden when she was young. She my sister was the firstborn 532 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:23,480 and then 533 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,640 Now we're gonna go back and it's gonna be me and my brother 534 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,840 I don't know if my sisters are going or not. I don't think so 535 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:32,520 And then my mom so she's gonna she's gonna take us 536 00:39:33,240 --> 00:39:37,800 And who knows maybe she's got one more trip. Maybe two more trips in her life. Who knows? Yeah, but uh, 537 00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:40,840 I i'm really excited to be a part of this one 538 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:45,400 So I got to go to sweden with emily. Obviously we had some time there with her and her brother 539 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:47,960 but uh, this would be a 540 00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:49,480 family 541 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:50,920 focused visit 542 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:56,520 Uh kind of learning some history about yeah, you can see a lot of sweden instead of just stockholm and a little bit extra 543 00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,640 Yeah, I don't even know where i'm going yet. It's all on a spreadsheet of course, but 544 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,360 so cheat family if um 545 00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:03,960 Lensorts 546 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:07,000 Sure lawns lawns sorts. I always say it wrong americans 547 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:14,120 If that's of interest particularly or we know it is but if there's other lighthouses that you should say we should check out 548 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:15,720 Even if I can't go 549 00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:17,480 for some reason 550 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:19,480 We're going between two major cities 551 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,480 Stockholm and 552 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:28,520 Another big one that I should know but i'm not very well trained. Oh, you don't have the you haven't been studying your spreadsheets. So 553 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:36,280 Yeah, all the apps i'll just be jealously waiting at home for him to come back i'll send pics 554 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:41,640 We'll facetime you snapchat give you a call when I get there 555 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:43,880 Very good 556 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:47,720 Yeah, we'll still be pushing out episodes and thank you all for 557 00:40:47,720 --> 00:40:52,360 Listening in and keeping track. You can see our stuff on instagram. I 558 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:54,600 I haven't 559 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:55,800 I haven't posted 560 00:40:55,800 --> 00:41:02,520 Um our instagram post from the last episode. Oh my gosh. I'm so that's all right. We can stagger our releases 561 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:05,720 Post whenever you get a chance 562 00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:10,440 Gosh, it's a failure. I've never done this before. I I was a day late on youtube 563 00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:15,240 Once and then I was a day late or a week late or two on linkedin 564 00:41:15,240 --> 00:41:19,480 Those are the the platforms I run now. We're doing a new screen recording 565 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,200 software and a new video editing software, so 566 00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:25,800 hopefully that means we can improve the quality of things and 567 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:27,880 Get things out on time 568 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:35,160 But either way different people see instagram and youtube and maybe spotify or apple music they see things different times 569 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:40,600 So yeah anywhere you're seeing this anywhere you're hearing it. We appreciate you. Um, thanks for following along 570 00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:44,680 Yeah, it's even if we're a little sporadic, but hey we do have other jobs 571 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:50,680 So this this one is like our second hobby. This is like our philanthropy every time we're like, yeah, you should 572 00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:53,880 Leave them a donation. That's our that's our 573 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:57,960 Our efforts so we love it so much though and we're glad you guys are long for the ride 574 00:41:57,960 --> 00:42:14,280 And on that note we will catch you next time on the lighthouse