Episode 23 - Faro de Ajo

100:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,600Hi everyone, I'm Emily.200:00:01,600 --> 00:00:02,600And I'm Vince.300:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,600And this is the Lighthouse Lowdown.400:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,600Welcome to a Sunday morning in the podcast.500:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,600We're in the RipRap studio.600:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,000And today we've got our Starbucks coffee700:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,000and we're gonna tee things off.800:00:25,000 --> 00:00:29,200I had a free one with my star accumulation900:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,400and that's why I always get a large1000:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,400with an extra shot of espresso and almond milk.1100:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,000Tell everyone what your order is1200:00:37,000 --> 00:00:38,200in case they want to send you one.1300:00:38,200 --> 00:00:39,000Oh my gosh.1400:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,600Well, if you want to, you should go to our Linktree link1500:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,000that's in our show notes.1600:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,800You can send us a coffee.1700:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,600But it's actually a coin in our treasure chest.1800:00:47,600 --> 00:00:49,200It's the way that we have it written out.1900:00:49,200 --> 00:00:50,000Yeah.2000:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,000But that coin will go towards coffee.2100:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,600Oh, another fun thing having to do with coffee2200:00:54,600 --> 00:00:58,000is that Captain Cecil Coffee is sending us2300:00:58,000 --> 00:01:02,800a couple bags of their Ground Atlantic coffee, I think.2400:01:02,800 --> 00:01:03,800Nice.2500:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,200We'll post their information on the episode2600:01:06,200 --> 00:01:07,200where we do this.2700:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,800But Vince and I are gonna go ahead and give it a try2800:01:09,800 --> 00:01:11,000and tell you guys how it is.2900:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,200And then we'll be doing a giveaway3000:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,000for a bag of their Atlantic coffee.3100:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,000So you guys won't want to miss that one.3200:01:17,000 --> 00:01:22,000I think it's, their branding is very on par for us.3300:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,600Yeah, I've never had Captain Cecil's coffee,3400:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,400but their Instagram.3500:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,600No matter what, you gotta check their Instagram out.3600:01:29,600 --> 00:01:30,600It's really cool.3700:01:30,600 --> 00:01:34,800First off, it matches our theme, Nonicle Lighthouse.3800:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,000But they have very good photography.3900:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,000I don't know if they all have one person that does that.4000:01:39,000 --> 00:01:39,800I don't know.4100:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,400We've been a fan of Captain Cecil's Instagram for a while.4200:01:42,400 --> 00:01:42,800Yeah.4300:01:42,800 --> 00:01:44,400The first time I made it on Instagram,4400:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,000actually, they were one of the first people I followed.4500:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,800So we're happy to be doing a little collaboration with 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lives.6100:02:21,000 --> 00:02:22,000A little bit of cash back.6200:02:22,000 --> 00:02:23,800So we appreciate Newegg's support.6300:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,400We appreciate your support as well.6400:02:25,400 --> 00:02:26,200Yes.6500:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,800And now we're going to dive into our episode.6600:02:28,800 --> 00:02:30,400So I do have a history buoy.6700:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,500It has nothing to do with lighthouses,6800:02:32,500 --> 00:02:34,100but it is a little bit nautical.6900:02:34,100 --> 00:02:36,100And I'm actually really excited to talk about it7000:02:36,100 --> 00:02:38,600because it's something I always knew about7100:02:38,600 --> 00:02:40,700but discovered recently because I went to Hawaii7200:02:40,700 --> 00:02:42,700and actually got to collect some.7300:02:42,700 --> 00:02:48,600So my topic for the history buoy is sea glass.7400:02:48,600 --> 00:02:49,300Oh, it's pretty.7500:02:49,300 --> 00:02:49,800I know.7600:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,000It's a little bit of a blurry picture, but you know.7700:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,800We do see pictures.7800:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,000We'll have Instagram as well as YouTube.7900:02:56,000 --> 00:02:56,800Oh, yeah, yeah.8000:02:56,800 --> 00:02:58,000YouTube, we do a screen share.8100:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000So you see everything that we're seeing the whole time.8200:03:00,000 --> 00:03:00,500Yeah.8300:03:00,500 --> 00:03:03,200And we've kind of, I don't like this as much,8400:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,500but I feel like we're making it harder for people8500:03:05,500 --> 00:03:09,000to just listen to the podcast and not watch it on YouTube.8600:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,200Because I'm like, oh, yeah, see, it's over here.8700:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,000It's over here.8800:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,800And it's like no one listening to the podcast8900:03:13,800 --> 00:03:15,400would be able to know what I'm talking about.9000:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,200So I'm just trying to, I got to get back9100:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,800into the mindset of describing things first9200:03:19,800 --> 00:03:21,800and that you and I can look at it.9300:03:21,800 --> 00:03:23,200But you know.9400:03:23,200 --> 00:03:24,200I'll try to do that as well.9500:03:24,200 --> 00:03:25,800Keep everybody in the loop.9600:03:25,800 --> 00:03:26,600In the loop, dude.9700:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,000Yeah.9800:03:28,000 --> 00:03:28,500Right.9900:03:28,500 --> 00:03:29,700OK, so sea glass.10000:03:29,700 --> 00:03:32,800OK, these are seen commonly when you go to beaches,10100:03:32,800 --> 00:03:34,800very specific ones that I'll talk about as well.10200:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,300And actually highly sought after by local artists10300:03:37,300 --> 00:03:41,200that live around lakes and oceans.10400:03:41,200 --> 00:03:42,500Because they're common in jewelry10500:03:42,500 --> 00:03:46,400and some colors are extremely rare.10600:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,800And so it's kind of like hunting.10700:03:48,800 --> 00:03:50,300You know, you're doing sea glass.10800:03:50,300 --> 00:03:50,900Collection.10900:03:50,900 --> 00:03:51,400Yeah.11000:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,400And we actually talked about that recently11100:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,200is that people that look for sea glass,11200:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,000it's like a big thing.11300:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,800It's like a community of people that look for sea glass.11400:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,400Same thing as people that look for shark teeth and stuff.11500:04:04,400 --> 00:04:04,900Oh, yeah.11600:04:04,900 --> 00:04:06,400Yeah, like while I was in Florida,11700:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,700people were just looking for shark teeth in the morning.11800:04:08,700 --> 00:04:11,000I would walk by someone, any shark teeth?11900:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,300And I'm like, oh, I found one.12000:04:12,300 --> 00:04:14,200But that was the moment that I realized12100:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,200that everyone was out there looking for shark teeth12200:04:16,200 --> 00:04:17,400and not just for seashells.12300:04:17,400 --> 00:04:18,900Because I was looking for seashells12400:04:18,900 --> 00:04:20,400and I just happened to find a shark tooth.12500:04:20,400 --> 00:04:21,800And I was like, oh, cool.12600:04:21,800 --> 00:04:22,700That is cool.12700:04:22,700 --> 00:04:24,700Yeah, and then they asked me as I'm walking by.12800:04:24,700 --> 00:04:26,000And I'm like, yeah, I did find one.12900:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,400And they're like, oh, it's like a rejuvenation of searching.13000:04:29,400 --> 00:04:30,400They're on the trail.13100:04:30,400 --> 00:04:31,400They got it.13200:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,200I found a little bit of sea glass in Hawaii13300:04:34,200 --> 00:04:35,400during Christmas time.13400:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,200And the beach was actually full of them.13500:04:37,200 --> 00:04:38,700They're really small pieces.13600:04:38,700 --> 00:04:41,800And I'll talk about the rarity and importance13700:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,000of the color of sea glass that you find.13800:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,400So I was finding pieces that are deemed very common.13900:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,600Didn't find red or orange or anything like that.14000:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,300But that's kind of what people are looking for14100:04:52,300 --> 00:04:54,600is those rare colors.14200:04:54,600 --> 00:04:55,600What is this?14300:04:55,600 --> 00:04:56,440What is sea glass?14400:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,200Sea glass is, a lot of people think14500:04:59,200 --> 00:05:00,800that it's a naturally occurring object.14600:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,600But it's actually just broken glass14700:05:03,600 --> 00:05:07,800that spends anywhere between 20 to 200 years14800:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,000being tossed around and then comes back up on shore14900:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,000looking like this, this tumbled rock.15000:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,700And any glass that you find that isn't as tumbled15100:05:17,700 --> 00:05:20,600is not really deemed sea glass15200:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,300because it needs to spend at least 20 years15300:05:23,300 --> 00:05:25,700tumbling around to get this effect.15400:05:25,700 --> 00:05:29,400And can show up anywhere after 200 years as well.15500:05:29,400 --> 00:05:30,700A minimum of 20 years?15600:05:30,700 --> 00:05:31,540Yeah.15700:05:31,540 --> 00:05:34,000So glass from land.15800:05:34,000 --> 00:05:34,840Mm-hmm.15900:05:34,840 --> 00:05:35,680Okay.16000:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,600Yeah, so it could even be like windshields and stuff break.16100:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,140And then the thing is if they show up earlier than 20 years,16200:05:42,140 --> 00:05:43,360they don't look like sea glass.16300:05:43,360 --> 00:05:44,680So they're not sea glass.16400:05:44,680 --> 00:05:46,960So the 20 years is kind of like the minimum cap16500:05:46,960 --> 00:05:48,400of when it could wash up on shore16600:05:48,400 --> 00:05:49,940and you'd say that's sea glass.16700:05:49,940 --> 00:05:50,780Yeah.16800:05:50,780 --> 00:05:53,400I wonder, well windshields today are made of safety glass.16900:05:53,400 --> 00:05:54,240Mm-hmm.17000:05:54,240 --> 00:05:55,440Which is like high stress.17100:05:55,440 --> 00:05:56,880So when it breaks. Yeah, little pieces.17200:05:56,880 --> 00:05:57,720It shatters.17300:05:57,720 --> 00:06:01,180But I wonder, yeah, yeah, sorry to interrupt.17400:06:01,180 --> 00:06:03,440The size, I don't know what size these are,17500:06:03,440 --> 00:06:04,440but the size that comes up,17600:06:04,440 --> 00:06:05,680I wonder how big the glass was17700:06:05,680 --> 00:06:06,800that started to make that piece.17800:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,040Yeah, well most of the sea glass that I found in Hawaii17900:06:09,040 --> 00:06:10,840were like little pea sized.18000:06:10,840 --> 00:06:11,680Oh cool.18100:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,480Yeah, very tiny or like a fingernail or something.18200:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,580But some people find some pretty big pieces.18300:06:16,580 --> 00:06:20,440But since it's glass, it's like for it to be large,18400:06:20,440 --> 00:06:21,880it would be large and thin18500:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,000because it came from like a bottle or something.18600:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,000But the older it is, the thicker it can be18700:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,680because glass, like bottles back then18800:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,520were a lot thicker than what we have today.18900:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,240It's like glass pieces are physically tumbled19000:06:34,240 --> 00:06:36,200by waves and stuff and then chemically as well19100:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,200because of all the salt in the water.19200:06:38,200 --> 00:06:39,080And there's- Seyenne did salt.19300:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,680Yeah, and there's actually beach glass,19400:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,320which is freshwater glass.19500:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,560So that would come out commonly from like the Great Lakes.19600:06:46,560 --> 00:06:47,960It's a lot less frosted19700:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,520because there's no salt aspect coming in.19800:06:50,520 --> 00:06:51,360Interesting.19900:06:51,360 --> 00:06:52,960Yeah, so you can tell the difference between.20000:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,120Sea glass is also called drift glass.20100:06:55,120 --> 00:06:56,160They're interchangeable.20200:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,840And actually a lot of the glass we pick up20300:06:58,840 --> 00:07:00,120can come from shipwrecks.20400:07:00,120 --> 00:07:01,960So it's kind of a cool thing.20500:07:01,960 --> 00:07:02,800That's gorgeous.20600:07:02,800 --> 00:07:03,700We're looking at a photo.20700:07:03,700 --> 00:07:04,560I can't tell the scale,20800:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,400but it looks like a collection of pebbles,20900:07:07,400 --> 00:07:12,400blues and pinks and red and green, clear.21000:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,400It's a big variety.21100:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,040Somebody's proud of this collection a bit.21200:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,520Well, sea glass can also be like pottery pieces21300:07:19,520 --> 00:07:24,520or like porcelain, like from China or something.21400:07:24,640 --> 00:07:25,800Ceramic, yeah.21500:07:25,800 --> 00:07:28,400I have on here that the beach glass,21600:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,140I was talking about freshwater,21700:07:30,140 --> 00:07:31,320it's common from the Great Lakes21800:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,100and more commonly is embossed with labels.21900:07:34,100 --> 00:07:37,280It's like larger pieces that aren't ground down so far.22000:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,300So you can still see like if there are labels on it,22100:07:39,300 --> 00:07:42,040which makes it easier to trace its origin.22200:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,120Sea glass is most often found in places like Scotland,22300:07:45,120 --> 00:07:49,360Hawaii, Bermuda, Southern Spain, Australia,22400:07:49,360 --> 00:07:51,840Northeast England and Northeast US.22500:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,360And all of those are noted for having an abundance of glass.22600:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,880So like you can find sea glass anywhere,22700:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,200but you'd be most likely to find it in those areas.22800:08:01,200 --> 00:08:02,280Okay.22900:08:02,280 --> 00:08:03,240And it's getting harder to find23000:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,760since plastic is taking over the world23100:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,920and people are, it's becoming more popular23200:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,680to look for sea glass, like while you're on vacation23300:08:11,680 --> 00:08:13,200or local artists use that a lot.23400:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,200So it's just getting harder and harder to find.23500:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,760But the colors are the best part about looking for sea glass23600:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,100in my opinion, makes it the most fun.23700:08:21,100 --> 00:08:23,400And obviously the color comes from its origin23800:08:23,400 --> 00:08:26,960and colors are common or uncommon depending on the likelihood23900:08:26,960 --> 00:08:30,600of the origin being in the ocean and how old it is.24000:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,900So the most common colors are Kelly green,24100:08:33,900 --> 00:08:35,680clear, brown and white.24200:08:35,680 --> 00:08:38,740And these can come from beer bottles, juices,24300:08:38,740 --> 00:08:43,400just normal glasses like plates or water cups24400:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,720or something and windshields.24500:08:45,720 --> 00:08:50,640And then one in every 25 to a hundred pieces are Jade,24600:08:50,640 --> 00:08:55,000Amber, which comes from whiskey, medicine, spirits24700:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,160and early bleach bottles.24800:08:57,160 --> 00:09:00,960Lime green, which come from soda bottles in the 1960s.24900:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,860Ice blue, which is also medicine bottles, soda bottles,25000:09:03,860 --> 00:09:07,800Inca bottles and fruit bottles from 19th and 20th centuries.25100:09:07,800 --> 00:09:09,520So pretty cool.25200:09:09,520 --> 00:09:13,080And then one in every 50 to 100 pieces are a specific type25300:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,920of green, I didn't look it up, but I think it'd probably25400:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,280be recognizable that are from Coca Cola25500:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,760and Dr. Pepper bottles from the mid 1900s.25600:09:21,720 --> 00:09:26,080One in every 200 to 1000 pieces are purple, citron,25700:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,240citron, citron?25800:09:29,660 --> 00:09:31,920It's like a yellow, right?25900:09:31,920 --> 00:09:33,400Yeah, like a orange yellow.26000:09:33,400 --> 00:09:34,400It's like citrus.26100:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,800There's opaque white, which comes from when milk came26200:09:38,800 --> 00:09:43,800in glass bottles and cornflower blue, which is from early26300:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,720milk of magnesium bottles and poison bottles.26400:09:47,720 --> 00:09:48,560Of course.26500:09:48,560 --> 00:09:50,220I was like, oh cool.26600:09:50,220 --> 00:09:53,200Also from early vapor rub containers.26700:09:53,200 --> 00:09:54,400Okay.26800:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,320And also aqua, which are from certain bottles26900:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,080in the 19th century and ball mason jars.27000:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,020And then the most rare colors, and this is one in every27100:10:03,020 --> 00:10:06,9601000 to 10,000 pieces of sea glass that are found27200:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,680can be gray, pink, which is from Great Depression era27300:10:10,680 --> 00:10:14,540plates, teal, which is from Mattius wine bottles,27400:10:14,540 --> 00:10:16,860which I looked up and they're actually pretty cool.27500:10:16,860 --> 00:10:19,780Black, which is actually a very dark olive green27600:10:19,780 --> 00:10:24,780that you can't see just by like finding it on the sand.27700:10:24,780 --> 00:10:28,480So a lot of people mistake them for just like normal pieces27800:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,600of rock that come up.27900:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,360They look exactly the same until you get a bright light28000:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,320under it and you can tell it's kind of olive.28100:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,760But these are from 18th century gin, beer, and wine bottles.28200:10:38,760 --> 00:10:39,840So very old.28300:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,980There's also yellow, which is from 1930s Vaseline containers.28400:10:43,980 --> 00:10:48,120Red, which is Schlitz bottles and nautical lights.28500:10:48,120 --> 00:10:48,960Schlitz.28600:10:48,960 --> 00:10:49,800Schlitz.28700:10:49,800 --> 00:10:51,160It's a beer.28800:10:51,160 --> 00:10:52,000Yeah.28900:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,320I saw the bottles that they made that were red29000:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,760from the 50s or something, I think it was.29100:10:58,760 --> 00:11:02,520And then the last one's orange, which I think would be hard29200:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,320to tell from like amber.29300:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,560Red, orange, amber, yeah.29400:11:07,560 --> 00:11:09,200But that one's apparently the most rare.29500:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,240That's the one that's won in 10,000 cases.29600:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,420So and they didn't have anything listed for where29700:11:14,420 --> 00:11:15,260that could come from.29800:11:15,260 --> 00:11:17,040So I think that's probably where the rarity comes in.29900:11:17,040 --> 00:11:17,880Orange glass.30000:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,920There was some weird orange glass item that was broken.30100:11:21,920 --> 00:11:26,480The glass all has its original color by manufacturer.30200:11:26,480 --> 00:11:27,320Yeah.30300:11:27,320 --> 00:11:32,320And then the sand and salt, if it's ocean bound,30400:11:32,320 --> 00:11:33,920are what give it the finish,30500:11:33,920 --> 00:11:35,080but the color doesn't change.30600:11:35,080 --> 00:11:35,920Is that true?30700:11:35,920 --> 00:11:37,920I think maybe the color is a little bit muted.30800:11:37,920 --> 00:11:40,360In the picture that we have up for people to look at,30900:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,720the red is still pretty vibrant.31000:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,440And so I don't know if that's common for the rest of them31100:11:45,440 --> 00:11:47,560that you can trust that the color is going to be exactly31200:11:47,560 --> 00:11:48,400the same.31300:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,360Considering that black glass exists and it's not gray31400:11:51,360 --> 00:11:52,800by the time you find it.31500:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,000And it's like this dark olive that you can't see31600:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,320unless you're really looking for it.31700:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,740I think probably the color is pretty much the same.31800:12:00,740 --> 00:12:03,960Just has a frosted appearance.31900:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,480I wonder if there's people out there making it.32000:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,440Like you could use, like there's tumblers people use32100:12:10,440 --> 00:12:11,360for cleaning ammunition.32200:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,680There is artificial sea glass now.32300:12:13,680 --> 00:12:16,060Cause people like to use it for decorations.32400:12:16,060 --> 00:12:20,940And when people fill glass containers with rocks32500:12:20,940 --> 00:12:23,360and seashells for decoration, it's stuff like that.32600:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,520They definitely have artificial sea glass.32700:12:26,520 --> 00:12:27,360It's cool.32800:12:27,360 --> 00:12:29,920I've never thought about, I guess I have thought about it32900:12:29,920 --> 00:12:31,720some, but I didn't think about the ocean.33000:12:31,720 --> 00:12:35,560About the environmental impact of using glass containers33100:12:35,560 --> 00:12:37,120versus plastics.33200:12:37,120 --> 00:12:42,120To where 20 to 200 years you'll get an artistic pebble.33300:12:43,080 --> 00:12:44,200Right?33400:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,240Versus I don't know the plastic impact.33500:12:46,240 --> 00:12:47,600Maybe that's something we can look into.33600:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,440But I'm sure it's worse from what I've heard.33700:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,360But there's probably no harm to having glass in,33800:12:54,360 --> 00:12:56,420I mean, or it's probably a relatively low harm.33900:12:56,420 --> 00:13:00,120Glass particles that are all dissipated into new sand.34000:13:00,120 --> 00:13:00,960I guess.34100:13:00,960 --> 00:13:01,780I don't know.34200:13:01,780 --> 00:13:04,040It's beyond my knowledge, but it's interesting.34300:13:04,040 --> 00:13:05,720Yeah, but that's what I got for sea glass.34400:13:05,720 --> 00:13:06,560Cool.34500:13:06,560 --> 00:13:07,520That is a fun little thing to cover.34600:13:07,520 --> 00:13:08,360It's gorgeous.34700:13:08,360 --> 00:13:09,200Do you have any sea glass?34800:13:09,200 --> 00:13:10,020I do.34900:13:10,020 --> 00:13:10,860It's in my glass room.35000:13:10,860 --> 00:13:13,660I was thinking about putting a couple in some of the35100:13:13,660 --> 00:13:15,160coasters that I'm working on.35200:13:15,160 --> 00:13:16,000What?35300:13:16,000 --> 00:13:16,820You have a glass room?35400:13:16,820 --> 00:13:17,660Why don't you tell us about that?35500:13:17,660 --> 00:13:18,840Oh my gosh.35600:13:18,840 --> 00:13:20,760I do stained glass.35700:13:20,760 --> 00:13:21,800I have a small business.35800:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,440It's called Blue Glassworks.35900:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,600You can find me on Instagram.36000:13:25,600 --> 00:13:30,240And I mostly make panels, some jewelry.36100:13:30,240 --> 00:13:34,040I'm working on coasters and some propagation stations.36200:13:34,040 --> 00:13:36,320If anybody's a planty type.36300:13:36,320 --> 00:13:37,160Yeah, check me out.36400:13:37,160 --> 00:13:38,000Cool.36500:13:38,000 --> 00:13:38,820At Blue Glassworks.36600:13:38,820 --> 00:13:40,520And so we're gonna move on to the lighthouse.36700:13:40,520 --> 00:13:44,720This one is very special because of its appearance.36800:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,800The lighthouse we're covering is in Spain.36900:13:47,800 --> 00:13:48,920Oh, go ahead and put it up.37000:13:48,920 --> 00:13:50,280Let's pull up a photo.37100:13:50,280 --> 00:13:51,240Pull it up, Emily.37200:13:51,240 --> 00:13:54,940It is the Faro de Ajo Lighthouse,37300:13:54,940 --> 00:13:58,400which is translated to Garlic Lighthouse.37400:13:58,400 --> 00:13:59,680Can you pull that up for me?37500:13:59,680 --> 00:14:00,520Oh yeah.37600:14:00,520 --> 00:14:02,080For us, it's on a 65 inch screen.37700:14:02,080 --> 00:14:03,680That's about two feet away.37800:14:03,680 --> 00:14:06,560But for you all, much better.37900:14:06,560 --> 00:14:07,400Cool.38000:14:07,400 --> 00:14:08,240That's gorgeous.38100:14:08,240 --> 00:14:09,640I like the pure white.38200:14:09,640 --> 00:14:10,480It's very neat.38300:14:10,480 --> 00:14:11,480Yes, it is neat.38400:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,400And I like the double gallery we've got going on.38500:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,620I'm not, I don't really know the meaning38600:14:17,620 --> 00:14:21,800of having a double gallery, especially for viewing purposes38700:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,760because you're not allowed to climb the lighthouse38800:14:24,760 --> 00:14:25,680or take a look at it.38900:14:25,680 --> 00:14:27,600And we'll talk about the history,39000:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,360but this lighthouse was built later than the original design39100:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,120and so I'm not sure why the second gallery is there.39200:14:33,120 --> 00:14:34,960You think they just had extra room in the budget?39300:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,200Maybe, they were just like,39400:14:36,200 --> 00:14:40,000oh, it was accidentally copy and pasted on the blue beam.39500:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,600You know what, they probably,39600:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,120it's a drawing mistake.39700:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,680They probably went ahead and installed the lower one39800:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,520and then they're like, oh no.39900:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,240We'll just put a ladder between the two.40000:14:51,240 --> 00:14:54,880So this is located in Cantabria, Spain in Cabo de Ajo,40100:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,040which is just Cape garlic.40200:14:57,040 --> 00:14:58,840It's an active guide to navigation.40300:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,620So it's being used today for navigating40400:15:01,620 --> 00:15:04,320around this Northern coast of Spain.40500:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,120It's a white light and has a flash pattern of G,40600:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,200you know what, I'm just gonna show you40700:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,640what this looks like, because we talked about this.40800:15:13,640 --> 00:15:14,480Flash patterns?40900:15:14,480 --> 00:15:16,000Yes, the flash patterns.41000:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,320This is one that I have never seen before listed41100:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,040and I'm wondering if it's because the US doesn't use it,41200:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,240but it took me a long time to figure out41300:15:23,240 --> 00:15:24,080what the heck this.41400:15:24,080 --> 00:15:26,280Spain's got their own flash patterns.41500:15:26,280 --> 00:15:27,120Yeah.41600:15:27,120 --> 00:15:28,120I guess everybody probably would, right?41700:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,580Yeah, and you know, this is listed as a possible one41800:15:30,580 --> 00:15:33,200and so it's not like we have never used it.41900:15:33,200 --> 00:15:37,320It's definitely not common for us to use this in the US.42000:15:37,320 --> 00:15:39,920Here's a stupid thing to say, but the ocean looks huge.42100:15:39,920 --> 00:15:40,760I know.42200:15:41,760 --> 00:15:42,600I know it.42300:15:42,600 --> 00:15:43,440Characteristics.42400:15:43,440 --> 00:15:44,920Yeah, here we have light characteristics.42500:15:44,920 --> 00:15:46,640Maybe I'll do another history buoy about it,42600:15:46,640 --> 00:15:48,240try to explain it a little bit better.42700:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,680Or now that we have pictures available,42800:15:50,680 --> 00:15:54,680anyone who can't see this, it helped to see it visually,42900:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,600what I'm talking about, but the flash pattern43000:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,880for the garlic lighthouse is group occulting,43100:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,120which is kind of like that whole,43200:16:05,020 --> 00:16:06,800is a zebra black with white stripes43300:16:06,800 --> 00:16:08,200or white with black stripes?43400:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,840It's like normally we see flashing light,43500:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,800which is listed, or group flashing,43600:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,360which is basically periods of darkness43700:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,720that are interrupted by periods of light.43800:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,880And the flashing is usually shorter43900:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,120than the darkness periods.44000:16:25,120 --> 00:16:26,840But a group occulting is the opposite44100:16:26,840 --> 00:16:30,000in which we have larger moments of light interrupted44200:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,600by moments of eclipses that are shorter.44300:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,280The group occulting just means that you have these moments44400:16:35,280 --> 00:16:39,240of darkness in groups of some number, usually three,44500:16:39,240 --> 00:16:40,440which is what we see on the screen,44600:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,640and what's also true for the garlic lighthouse.44700:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,320So it's anti-flashing.44800:16:46,320 --> 00:16:47,160Yeah.44900:16:47,160 --> 00:16:48,800It's constant light that's interrupted45000:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,760rather than darkness that has a flash introduced.45100:16:51,760 --> 00:16:52,580Interesting though.45200:16:52,580 --> 00:16:54,240But yeah, I haven't seen group occulting before,45300:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,400so it's kind of special for this lighthouse.45400:16:56,400 --> 00:17:00,160It's also white, but since we're in Spain,45500:17:00,160 --> 00:17:01,560white is blanco.45600:17:01,560 --> 00:17:02,400Blanco.45700:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,640But then the flash pattern is GPOC3,45800:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,720which is that group occulting three.45900:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,520And then B, and I was like, it's not blue46000:17:10,520 --> 00:17:12,120because it says it's white.46100:17:12,120 --> 00:17:13,420So it took me forever to realize46200:17:13,420 --> 00:17:14,920that we're talking about Spain here.46300:17:14,920 --> 00:17:16,680So of course it's gonna be.46400:17:16,680 --> 00:17:17,720Yeah, you would have thrown me off46500:17:17,720 --> 00:17:18,560if you didn't give me that hint.46600:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,440Yeah, it says that the group occulting period46700:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,280is a total of 12 seconds,46800:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,120and it has a range of 17 nautical miles.46900:17:26,120 --> 00:17:26,960So that's what we're working with.47000:17:26,960 --> 00:17:27,800Pretty good.47100:17:27,800 --> 00:17:28,620Yeah, pretty good.47200:17:28,620 --> 00:17:31,100It is the last lighthouse to be built in Contabria,47300:17:31,100 --> 00:17:33,060so it's kind of special in that way.47400:17:33,060 --> 00:17:36,440And starting in 2020, it became a masterpiece,47500:17:36,440 --> 00:17:37,280which I'm glad to know.47600:17:37,280 --> 00:17:38,120Starting in 2020?47700:17:38,120 --> 00:17:40,040Mm-hmm, the year of COVID.47800:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,200Is this the newest lighthouse we've talked about?47900:17:42,200 --> 00:17:43,040Like the most recent?48000:17:43,040 --> 00:17:43,860I think so.48100:17:43,860 --> 00:17:44,700It's definitely.48200:17:44,700 --> 00:17:46,480I mean, other than Paradise Island.48300:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,400It's interesting because you think about.48400:17:48,400 --> 00:17:49,240Being restored.48500:17:49,240 --> 00:17:52,700The last lighthouse built in Spain48600:17:52,700 --> 00:17:55,240is going to be a lot,48700:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,400like America is very young.48800:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,640And the very first lighthouse to be built there48900:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,460is 1716, it's the Boston Light.49000:18:03,460 --> 00:18:05,560There were lighthouses built in Spain49100:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,440in the first century.49200:18:07,440 --> 00:18:10,320Talking about a Roman lighthouse in the first century.49300:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,680So any thing that says this is the last lighthouse49400:18:13,680 --> 00:18:16,760to be built in Spain could be a lot longer ago49500:18:16,760 --> 00:18:20,200than a lighthouse, the last lighthouse built in America.49600:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,680We have lighthouses that were built in America49700:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,200in the 2000s.49800:18:25,200 --> 00:18:26,800So I just thought it was interesting.49900:18:26,800 --> 00:18:28,760The 2020, there's a change coming,50000:18:28,760 --> 00:18:32,360but where is, so this is on the north coast of Spain?50100:18:32,360 --> 00:18:33,440Yeah, do you wanna see a picture?50200:18:33,440 --> 00:18:35,120Yeah, is it near a port?50300:18:35,120 --> 00:18:36,440Or is it just protecting?50400:18:36,440 --> 00:18:38,280Because Spain, obviously it's a long coast.50500:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,000I don't think this is near a port.50600:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,540This is, the location of this lighthouse50700:18:42,540 --> 00:18:44,000is in someone's farmland.50800:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,320So you see like lots of cows and stuff around.50900:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,160So it's not near a large city.51000:18:48,160 --> 00:18:49,540And I know looking up on the map,51100:18:49,540 --> 00:18:51,600you can kind of see this area is super rural.51200:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,520Maybe it's just a, I mean, if it's rural,51300:18:53,520 --> 00:18:55,880it would really suck to shipwreck there.51400:18:55,880 --> 00:18:57,320Let alone anywhere, but.51500:18:57,320 --> 00:18:58,200Yeah, that's true.51600:18:58,200 --> 00:18:59,600Like you're pretty far from help.51700:18:59,600 --> 00:19:01,160Someone's got a port somewhere51800:19:01,160 --> 00:19:02,320because there's a sailboat out there.51900:19:02,320 --> 00:19:04,040Oh, I do think the port.52000:19:04,040 --> 00:19:08,200Santander, I don't know if that's the right way to say it,52100:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,280but I did actually read about that.52200:19:10,280 --> 00:19:11,920I'm gonna mention it later.52300:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,360Here is a Google map.52400:19:15,360 --> 00:19:17,800Looking at the northern edge of Spain.52500:19:17,800 --> 00:19:19,180And here's like a nearby port.52600:19:19,180 --> 00:19:20,840We got an airport coming in.52700:19:20,840 --> 00:19:22,480It's a big inlet, yeah.52800:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,160Santander, I have something to say about that later.52900:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,880But Ajo is right over here.53000:19:27,880 --> 00:19:29,240So it's kind of close.53100:19:29,240 --> 00:19:30,500So if you're, for some reason,53200:19:30,500 --> 00:19:31,540if you're following the coast,53300:19:31,540 --> 00:19:32,880you'd maybe be able to use it.53400:19:32,880 --> 00:19:37,440Yeah, and there's also this entrance, La Sorozuela.53500:19:37,440 --> 00:19:38,520Uh-huh, mm-hmm.53600:19:38,520 --> 00:19:39,520It doesn't look like a main,53700:19:39,520 --> 00:19:40,520it doesn't look like a main port,53800:19:40,520 --> 00:19:42,240but it definitely looks,53900:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,320maybe kind of bougie. Maria de Ajo.54000:19:44,320 --> 00:19:46,960Okay, Maria, you said onion?54100:19:46,960 --> 00:19:48,960No, garlic. Oh, garlic, yeah.54200:19:48,960 --> 00:19:49,800What? I don't know.54300:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,580Is this like, do they grow a lot of garlic here?54400:19:52,580 --> 00:19:53,420I don't know.54500:19:53,420 --> 00:19:54,240It's a gorgeous,54600:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,200Cantabria has a gorgeous Google photo right there.54700:19:56,200 --> 00:19:57,320Oh, it does, yeah.54800:19:57,320 --> 00:19:58,720Trees. Look at the water.54900:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,920Old buildings right up against the water.55000:20:00,920 --> 00:20:02,680Mm. Gorgeous.55100:20:02,680 --> 00:20:04,720Honestly, it's like a place to visit.55200:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,320Google does a good job of making me want to travel.55300:20:08,760 --> 00:20:10,320They're like, what do you think we were built for?55400:20:10,320 --> 00:20:11,440Okay, really cool.55500:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,160All right, it's hard to derail, but.55600:20:13,160 --> 00:20:14,000No, no, it's good.55700:20:14,000 --> 00:20:14,840It's pretty white.55800:20:14,840 --> 00:20:16,920It needs a little paint on those guards up there.55900:20:16,920 --> 00:20:18,280That's another thing I'm gonna mention,56000:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,440is that this lighthouse needs a little bit of help.56100:20:21,440 --> 00:20:22,3202020.56200:20:22,320 --> 00:20:23,440So, the history.56300:20:23,440 --> 00:20:25,280Let's go, okay, let's go way back,56400:20:25,280 --> 00:20:26,720but not very far back because.56500:20:26,720 --> 00:20:27,560Yes.56600:20:28,400 --> 00:20:29,520Way not very far.56700:20:29,520 --> 00:20:31,680All the way back to 1907.56800:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,680So, it's still over 100 years ago.56900:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,440The government of Spain planned the construction57000:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,840of a 59 foot tower, an engine room,57100:20:38,840 --> 00:20:40,560and a two-story rectangular cottage57200:20:40,560 --> 00:20:42,160to house up to six keepers,57300:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,360which is a lot for just a little tower.57400:20:45,360 --> 00:20:47,320It was projected to be one of the most important57500:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,560to be built on the Bay of Biscay in 19,57600:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,080oh, and in 1909, the plans were approved57700:20:53,080 --> 00:20:54,600for this lighthouse to be built.57800:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,080And the Bay of Biscay is just the body of water57900:20:57,080 --> 00:20:58,400that rises up against. Oh, okay.58000:20:58,400 --> 00:21:03,040In 1914, the nearby Cabo Mayor lighthouse was electrified,58100:21:03,040 --> 00:21:04,880which was a lot bigger than this one.58200:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,800Kind of like one that was built a long time ago,58300:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,200very necessary for this area.58400:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,600And it was electrified, which gave it a more powerful light,58500:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,320which they decided deemed this one unnecessary,58600:21:16,320 --> 00:21:18,920which would not be true because three shipwrecks58700:21:18,920 --> 00:21:21,120occurred shortly after that,58800:21:21,120 --> 00:21:24,360which kind of put this lighthouse back on the map.58900:21:24,360 --> 00:21:26,960So, yeah, garlic was back on the map59000:21:26,960 --> 00:21:29,400and approved again in 1924,59100:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,800building plans approved in 1928,59200:21:31,800 --> 00:21:33,320and then they completed the lighthouse59300:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,280two years later in 1930.59400:21:35,280 --> 00:21:36,120Okay.59500:21:36,120 --> 00:21:38,400It wasn't electrified until 1962,59600:21:38,400 --> 00:21:39,800which kind of goes hand in hand59700:21:39,800 --> 00:21:43,320with me talking about this being a very rural area.59800:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,040Like there's a chance that rural areas59900:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,400didn't get even electrified until the 60s anyway,60000:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,560because we're talking about the Cabo Mayor lighthouse60100:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,640being electrified in 1914.60200:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,160So that's a lot.60300:21:54,160 --> 00:21:55,800That's almost 50 years,60400:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,440half a century before this lighthouse is electrified.60500:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,400Well, all these electric places that are off on their own60600:22:01,400 --> 00:22:05,240either need cable run to them or they need solar power.60700:22:05,240 --> 00:22:09,440Solar power wasn't really developed until 70s, 80s.60800:22:09,440 --> 00:22:11,240Well, do you think even telephone lines60900:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,640wouldn't go to farms and stuff for a long time?61000:22:14,640 --> 00:22:15,520Long time. Yeah.61100:22:15,520 --> 00:22:16,360So not that surprising,61200:22:16,360 --> 00:22:20,120but a little crazy considering a close lighthouse61300:22:20,120 --> 00:22:23,120of this one was electrified 50 years earlier.61400:22:23,120 --> 00:22:26,040So definitely says something about its location, I think.61500:22:26,040 --> 00:22:26,880Okay.61600:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,880In 1980, Fernando Rodriguez Perez61700:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,560designed a new cylindrical concrete tower61800:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,320a little over 52 and a half feet tall.61900:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,120And so that's the one that we're seeing today62000:22:37,120 --> 00:22:38,320because the original,62100:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,560the new one was built next to the original62200:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,600and the original one was destroyed.62300:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,400I'm not sure why this happened.62400:22:44,400 --> 00:22:45,240I did look it up.62500:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,680Why was the original lighthouse taking down62600:22:47,680 --> 00:22:49,280and nothing came up for it?62700:22:49,280 --> 00:22:50,600And so it's not,62800:22:50,600 --> 00:22:54,240it's maybe that it was just left alone for so long,62900:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,520but by 1980, so they had electrified it in 62.63000:22:57,520 --> 00:22:59,160So why, I don't know.63100:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,560I think maybe it's just that it hadn't been touched63200:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,160in so long that they found it cheaper to build a new one63300:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,960rather than to restore the old one.63400:23:07,960 --> 00:23:08,960Interesting.63500:23:08,960 --> 00:23:13,960So it being the youngest lighthouse in Spain63600:23:14,320 --> 00:23:15,880could be referring to this one,63700:23:15,880 --> 00:23:19,080which was I think completed in 1985.63800:23:19,080 --> 00:23:20,000Okay.63900:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,680Or it could be the one that was completed in 1930.64000:23:23,680 --> 00:23:24,600I didn't check.64100:23:24,600 --> 00:23:25,440So that's-64200:23:25,440 --> 00:23:26,260Both, yeah.64300:23:26,260 --> 00:23:27,680In long history, they're not that far apart.64400:23:27,680 --> 00:23:28,520Exactly.64500:23:28,520 --> 00:23:29,440In our lives, long way.64600:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,840But yeah, so that is all the history64700:23:31,840 --> 00:23:33,140that I found on this lighthouse.64800:23:33,140 --> 00:23:36,480It's kind of the new stuff is what's big news64900:23:36,480 --> 00:23:37,320for this lighthouse.65000:23:37,320 --> 00:23:42,160So 2015, the city council of Barreo65100:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,480requested a grant from the ministry of public works65200:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,640of government of Cantabria to make a perimeter fence65300:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,080parallel to the cliffs to protect people65400:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,220and a pedestrian path that's 10 feet wide65500:23:53,220 --> 00:23:55,400to increase tourism around this area.65600:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,760So in this picture, you can see some people walking.65700:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,320Well, you can see people walking on the pedestrian trail65800:24:01,320 --> 00:24:02,920and then further in the background of it,65900:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,000you can see this parallel fence66000:24:05,000 --> 00:24:05,840that they're leaning up against.66100:24:05,840 --> 00:24:08,120The cliff edge just past the, okay.66200:24:08,120 --> 00:24:13,120They put $70,000 towards making this66300:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,600like a tourist designated area.66400:24:15,600 --> 00:24:16,840Yeah, just with this walkway.66500:24:16,840 --> 00:24:18,560So you can't go up to the lighthouse,66600:24:18,560 --> 00:24:19,640but you can walk around it.66700:24:19,640 --> 00:24:21,840And actually it became pretty popular.66800:24:21,840 --> 00:24:23,840Like it put it on the map, you know,66900:24:23,840 --> 00:24:25,400like a place to go visit.67000:24:25,400 --> 00:24:26,240Yeah.67100:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,880I think they had 35,000 people visit here67200:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,440in the three years before, you know,67300:24:32,440 --> 00:24:33,680before the thing I'm gonna talk about.67400:24:33,680 --> 00:24:34,800Yeah.67500:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,480So it had some visitors.67600:24:37,480 --> 00:24:39,200Basically what they wanted to do67700:24:39,200 --> 00:24:44,040was bring tourist money to Ajo.67800:24:44,040 --> 00:24:44,980They just wanted more people.67900:24:44,980 --> 00:24:46,040It's more rural area.68000:24:46,040 --> 00:24:46,880There's not a lot to see.68100:24:46,880 --> 00:24:48,120So they wanted to put something on the map68200:24:48,120 --> 00:24:49,640for people to be like, oh, we should go see that68300:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,520while we're passing through the area.68400:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,200And it used to cost just one Euro68500:24:54,200 --> 00:24:55,800to come in and walk around the lighthouse68600:24:55,800 --> 00:24:57,280and look out over the cliffs.68700:24:57,280 --> 00:24:58,160It's very pretty.68800:24:58,160 --> 00:24:59,840You know, there's reasons to visit.68900:24:59,840 --> 00:25:01,000That's very cheap.69000:25:01,000 --> 00:25:01,840Yeah, I know.69100:25:01,840 --> 00:25:03,140And now it's free.69200:25:03,140 --> 00:25:03,980Nice.69300:25:03,980 --> 00:25:04,800That's even cheaper.69400:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,160Visits for this lighthouse69500:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,200were about to increase significantly though69600:25:10,200 --> 00:25:14,300with the very controversial idea to paint the lighthouse,69700:25:14,300 --> 00:25:15,880but not just paint.69800:25:15,880 --> 00:25:20,520We turn it into, we transform into a work of art.69900:25:20,520 --> 00:25:21,840And I'm gonna pull up a photo70000:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,840to go with my dramatic statements.70100:25:24,840 --> 00:25:26,640Every lighthouse has a work of art.70200:25:26,640 --> 00:25:30,640That's the energy we wanna bring to this place.70300:25:30,640 --> 00:25:31,800Boom.70400:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,800And also a nice view of the cliffs70500:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,000and a nice beach over here.70600:25:35,000 --> 00:25:35,960Gorgeous area.70700:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,880But look at what we've done to this lighthouse.70800:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,880It looks smaller from further away.70900:25:42,880 --> 00:25:43,720Whoa.71000:25:43,720 --> 00:25:47,000It's only 52 feet tall.71100:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,160Although if you look at the people in comparison,71200:25:49,160 --> 00:25:50,000it's pretty tall.71300:25:50,000 --> 00:25:50,820Yeah.71400:25:51,960 --> 00:25:52,800Okay, yeah.71500:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,120That's a better photo.71600:25:54,120 --> 00:25:58,440The magnificence, the colors, just very dramatic.71700:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,680We've transformed this lighthouse into some artwork,71800:26:01,680 --> 00:26:02,640some custom artwork.71900:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,320Some geometric rainbows for everyone who can't see.72000:26:06,320 --> 00:26:07,760Yeah, people really need to look it up.72100:26:07,760 --> 00:26:14,400What's so cool about this lighthouse is its visual-ness.72200:26:14,400 --> 00:26:18,600Contabrian artist Okuda San Miguel, I think.72300:26:18,600 --> 00:26:22,000I'm gonna do my best, but I think it's Okuda.72400:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,720Was commissioned with a budget of $40,000.72500:26:24,720 --> 00:26:26,080So that is a ton of money.72600:26:26,080 --> 00:26:27,840That's kind of part of the controversy72700:26:27,840 --> 00:26:32,240around painting this lighthouse instead of restoring it.72800:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,760We saw that picture just before it was painted72900:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,120where you're like, oh, it could use a little bit of work.73000:26:37,120 --> 00:26:39,680And this money instead was going towards painting the lighthouse.73100:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,000$40,000 to paint it.73200:26:41,000 --> 00:26:42,880Yes, so that's part of the controversy.73300:26:42,880 --> 00:26:43,720I'll go more into it.73400:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,520There's a lot of bullet points.73500:26:45,520 --> 00:26:46,840But he completed the paintwork,73600:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,800which he called Infinite Contabria in three days73700:26:49,800 --> 00:26:51,680using over 100 colors.73800:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,320Although I saw some people say it was 70 colors,73900:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,440and maybe the 100 is just being dramatic.74000:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,240Fuel the fire.74100:27:00,240 --> 00:27:01,560It depicts local fauna.74200:27:01,560 --> 00:27:02,840So if you look closely into it,74300:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,060you can kind of see some animals.74400:27:05,060 --> 00:27:05,900There's birds.74500:27:05,900 --> 00:27:06,880There's a tongue hanging out.74600:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,960We got lots of colored squares and triangles74700:27:10,960 --> 00:27:12,120and some anchors.74800:27:12,120 --> 00:27:14,240So lots going on.74900:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,360I don't know if this was free-handed,75000:27:16,360 --> 00:27:19,520if he just kind of came up with it as he went along.75100:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,280But this is very classic.75200:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,600This is his style of artwork.75300:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,920You can see, well, let me look up.75400:27:25,920 --> 00:27:26,840It's very pretty.75500:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,360So you can see his artwork.75600:27:28,360 --> 00:27:31,160It's very, it works along with it.75700:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,320Known artist, a lot of the same style.75800:27:33,320 --> 00:27:38,120Yeah, and I saw that some of the things that he did,75900:27:38,120 --> 00:27:41,680he has a, you know, 1800 tequila.76000:27:42,800 --> 00:27:44,120He has a bottle.76100:27:44,120 --> 00:27:45,200He did a collab with them,76200:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,160and he has a limited edition bottle for $180.76300:27:48,160 --> 00:27:49,120Would you mind looking it up?76400:27:49,120 --> 00:27:49,960Yeah.76500:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,240Or just put in 1800 up in your search.76600:27:52,240 --> 00:27:53,080That is cool.76700:27:53,080 --> 00:27:54,240Isn't that awesome?76800:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,440Oh, why did I think it was $180?76900:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,120You know what it was?77000:28:02,120 --> 00:28:03,840I was looking it up on Bing,77100:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,160so they probably just betrayed me.77200:28:06,160 --> 00:28:07,400180 proof.77300:28:07,400 --> 00:28:08,440Team Google.77400:28:08,440 --> 00:28:09,360That'd be something else.77500:28:09,360 --> 00:28:10,640Are you 21 or older? Yes, I am.77600:28:10,640 --> 00:28:11,480Don't you lie.77700:28:12,520 --> 00:28:13,760Oh, it's a series.77800:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,120These are essential artists series.77900:28:16,120 --> 00:28:18,200Essential artists, that must be fun.78000:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,640Oh, I like the koala, is it?78100:28:20,640 --> 00:28:21,480Panda bear.78200:28:21,480 --> 00:28:22,480Oh yeah.78300:28:22,480 --> 00:28:23,320Those are cool.78400:28:23,320 --> 00:28:24,160There's a nice skull here.78500:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,840$210 for six bottles, maybe?78600:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,120Yeah, what size are they?78700:28:29,120 --> 00:28:30,320That's really neat.78800:28:30,320 --> 00:28:31,920Okay, apparently it doesn't want me to reborn.78900:28:31,920 --> 00:28:32,760Oh well.79000:28:32,760 --> 00:28:34,160They're like, aren't you doing a podcast?79100:28:34,160 --> 00:28:35,000It's pretty neat.79200:28:35,000 --> 00:28:35,840You're gonna focus?79300:28:37,120 --> 00:28:38,280Yeah, just thought those.79400:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,200I don't think I've ever had 1800 tequila,79500:28:40,200 --> 00:28:41,360but that'd be cool.79600:28:41,360 --> 00:28:42,200I haven't either.79700:28:42,200 --> 00:28:43,160I'm not a big tequila person.79800:28:43,160 --> 00:28:48,160Or like margaritas, I'm not a fan of margaritas.79900:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,560Anyway, so here's the whole controversy80000:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,600that surrounds painting this lighthouse.80100:28:55,600 --> 00:28:56,920There's a couple of different things.80200:28:56,920 --> 00:28:58,960I mentioned that a lot of that money80300:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,280could have gone towards fixing up the lighthouse,80400:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,040and so it feels kind of like a shame.80500:29:04,040 --> 00:29:05,720You're covering up problems80600:29:05,720 --> 00:29:07,760that actually need to be fixed with paint.80700:29:07,760 --> 00:29:08,600Yeah.80800:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,280The page that I was reading,80900:29:11,280 --> 00:29:12,800I'll link it at my show notes so you can read it too.81000:29:12,800 --> 00:29:14,040It has a lot more information81100:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,280than what I'm just gonna kind of quickly cover here.81200:29:16,280 --> 00:29:18,040Cleans that lighthouses by regulation81300:29:18,040 --> 00:29:19,960have to be black and white.81400:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,000That's not true for everywhere.81500:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,240It could be true for Spain,81600:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,200but I also couldn't find that anywhere.81700:29:26,200 --> 00:29:31,200Okuda remedied that by making the back of this lighthouse81800:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,240appear purely black and white from a distance,81900:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,440and you can kind of see a sliver of it from this photo.82000:29:37,440 --> 00:29:38,280Oh.82100:29:38,280 --> 00:29:39,120Let me try.82200:29:39,120 --> 00:29:40,600I thought you were gonna say he used so much surface area82300:29:40,600 --> 00:29:42,480as black and white and calculated it all.82400:29:42,480 --> 00:29:43,320Oh no.82500:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,120That would be cool.82600:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,480I don't think I saved a photo of it from the back.82700:29:49,480 --> 00:29:50,840It was a pretty cool picture.82800:29:50,840 --> 00:29:51,800See if you can pull it up.82900:29:51,800 --> 00:29:52,880Ah, here it is.83000:29:52,880 --> 00:29:56,040Okay, here's a good photo of it from the back.83100:29:56,040 --> 00:29:56,880Oh, that's cool.83200:29:56,880 --> 00:29:58,640Yeah, so from really far out to sea,83300:29:58,640 --> 00:30:03,160which you can see that the cliffs are so high up83400:30:03,160 --> 00:30:04,800that even if you're close to the shore,83500:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,880this would probably still look like a white lighthouse83600:30:07,880 --> 00:30:08,720with a black stripe.83700:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,840Like obviously there's a lot of other colors going on,83800:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,160but he kind of took into consideration,83900:30:14,080 --> 00:30:15,800apparently, that by regulation84000:30:15,800 --> 00:30:17,200it has to be black and white84100:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,720to be an active guide to navigation84200:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,440and made it appear if this was black and white.84300:30:22,440 --> 00:30:23,280I thought that was pretty cool.84400:30:23,280 --> 00:30:25,200Yeah, if you can see the colors, you're too close.84500:30:25,200 --> 00:30:26,040Yeah.84600:30:26,040 --> 00:30:26,880If you're on a boat.84700:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,880What is the whole point of this lighthouse?84800:30:28,880 --> 00:30:30,280That's funny.84900:30:30,280 --> 00:30:31,880Yeah, so that's one of the things.85000:30:31,880 --> 00:30:33,480Another was gentrification,85100:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,160which I had to ask you about this morning.85200:30:35,160 --> 00:30:36,080What did you say?85300:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,400It was urbanizing?85400:30:38,400 --> 00:30:42,200Yeah, to gentrify without Googling it,85500:30:42,200 --> 00:30:46,360I think it means to modernize, to make popular,85600:30:46,360 --> 00:30:50,520to make urban an area that becomes gentrified,85700:30:50,520 --> 00:30:54,640changes from what it was to become busy85800:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,640and typically progressive.85900:30:57,640 --> 00:31:01,440So I guess that kind of, I get that a little bit.86000:31:01,440 --> 00:31:02,800Yeah, no, I get that.86100:31:02,800 --> 00:31:03,800We're lighthouse people.86200:31:03,800 --> 00:31:04,800We can just.86300:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,320Like classical versus modern artistic.86400:31:08,320 --> 00:31:09,400Exactly, yeah.86500:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,040So I can kind of see both sides86600:31:12,040 --> 00:31:13,720is that by painting it,86700:31:13,720 --> 00:31:15,480you're making it something really unique86800:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,600that people come to see specifically,86900:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,920but also you hope and wish that people87000:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,720would be able to appreciate the natural lighthouse itself,87100:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,040but that's just not really true.87200:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,800People aren't like us where the lighthouse,87300:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,560just being a lighthouse with all of its history87400:31:30,560 --> 00:31:34,040and cool facts and its location and everything87500:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,120would be enough for us to go and visit it.87600:31:36,120 --> 00:31:37,960It's just people aren't like that.87700:31:37,960 --> 00:31:42,320Well, people will take, like resto mods is a controversy.87800:31:42,320 --> 00:31:46,040So resto mod, you take a classic vehicle,87900:31:46,040 --> 00:31:49,200like people will take a 1969 Camaro.88000:31:49,200 --> 00:31:50,040Oh no.88100:31:50,040 --> 00:31:53,240If you had a 69 Camaro, it's an awesome car,88200:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,720but it just performance wise,88300:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,520it just doesn't compete with like a modern Camry.88400:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,840Like, you know, it's just not a, it doesn't keep up.88500:32:00,840 --> 00:32:05,840So you could take a 1969 sports car, muscle car of the day,88600:32:06,000 --> 00:32:09,920and then put new tech in it, you know, a Tesla battery,88700:32:09,920 --> 00:32:11,960and it's all of a sudden, it's this awesome performing car.88800:32:11,960 --> 00:32:15,800And some people love that, but it's not what it was.88900:32:15,800 --> 00:32:17,280It's a modern take on what it was.89000:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,520So that's kind of the same.89100:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,080People looking at this lighthouse.89200:32:21,080 --> 00:32:25,040Another thing is that they're taking so far into account89300:32:25,040 --> 00:32:27,640the interest of the visitor and not the local people,89400:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,520because there wasn't a poll to decide89500:32:30,520 --> 00:32:32,840if people were gonna be okay with painting the lighthouse.89600:32:32,840 --> 00:32:37,120It was just paid, done, and then people were like,89700:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,460hey, look at this.89800:32:39,460 --> 00:32:41,640So it was kind of like, okay,89900:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,680we know we're focusing on tourism.90000:32:43,680 --> 00:32:45,740We know we're trying to get more people to come here,90100:32:45,740 --> 00:32:48,000but nobody asked what the locals felt90200:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,260about painting this lighthouse.90300:32:49,260 --> 00:32:52,040It was just, visitors will come here more likely90400:32:52,040 --> 00:32:53,080if we paint the lighthouse.90500:32:53,080 --> 00:32:54,880So that's another thing.90600:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,660There's lots of things.90700:32:57,660 --> 00:33:01,360And Okuda says, he has a lot to say about this as well,90800:33:01,360 --> 00:33:04,000because he's straight up in the middle of it.90900:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,320And he's painted things like churches before,91000:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,760and so he's kind of like, why are people throwing a fit91100:33:09,760 --> 00:33:12,720over this lighthouse when I've painted a church91200:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,180to be black and white, or not black and white,91300:33:15,180 --> 00:33:17,840yeah, you know, colorful, and there's drips91400:33:17,840 --> 00:33:20,880coming down the walls and it has something to do with 420.91500:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,880I saw that in the title of the coverage.91600:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,040So he's like, I don't understand that.91700:33:26,040 --> 00:33:29,120He says that the Spanish are mad at him for it91800:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,640because they don't appreciate art from their own country.91900:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,640So there's a little bit of bitterness.92000:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,400It's like, oh, wow.92100:33:37,400 --> 00:33:38,480And this was during COVID.92200:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,680So he says a lot, it's like keyboard warriors coming out.92300:33:41,680 --> 00:33:44,560Well, I think he's right about that.92400:33:44,560 --> 00:33:46,800Everybody got online and everybody continued to.92500:33:46,800 --> 00:33:47,960COVID thing is totally right.92600:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,560You're like seeing it happen from far away.92700:33:50,560 --> 00:33:52,440You can say whatever you wanna say about it.92800:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,800Okuda claims the point of art is to quote,92900:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,400make you feel and not leave you indifferent,93000:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,400which he is accomplishing by this lighthouse,93100:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,120regardless of how you feel about it,93200:34:01,120 --> 00:34:03,520unless you're indifferent and then that's not.93300:34:03,520 --> 00:34:06,260Yeah.93400:34:06,260 --> 00:34:07,640It's pretty.93500:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,240He says Port Authority has decided he gets eight years93600:34:10,240 --> 00:34:12,040before they paint it white again.93700:34:12,040 --> 00:34:17,040I saw a lot of sources that said eight years93800:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,480would be about how long it would take93900:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,360for the paint itself to degrade.94000:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,640And so they would just paint over it.94100:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,360And they were saying they would do a touch up in four years,94200:34:27,360 --> 00:34:28,840but then after eight years,94300:34:28,840 --> 00:34:30,920they'd be done with it and paint it white.94400:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,800But Okuda says that Port Authority decided94500:34:33,800 --> 00:34:35,960he gets eight years and then they were gonna wipe it out.94600:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,480So I don't know, I've seen both.94700:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,720Well, so he did this in three days.94800:34:41,720 --> 00:34:42,560Yes.94900:34:42,560 --> 00:34:46,400So there's no way, it's gotta be spray paint, right?95000:34:46,400 --> 00:34:47,700Yeah, it's spray paint.95100:34:47,700 --> 00:34:49,720I guess I actually have photos of that.95200:34:49,720 --> 00:34:52,080I'm guessing spray paint doesn't last as long.95300:34:52,080 --> 00:34:52,900Nice.95400:34:52,900 --> 00:34:53,740Oh, look at him.95500:34:53,740 --> 00:34:55,960Yeah, he's really pushing his brand there.95600:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,760Yeah, I wonder if he designed his own clothes there.95700:34:58,760 --> 00:34:59,880Oh, absolutely.95800:34:59,880 --> 00:35:03,800This skull is actually one of his signature designs95900:35:03,800 --> 00:35:04,640that he does.96000:35:04,640 --> 00:35:06,200He's even got the six panel hat.96100:35:06,200 --> 00:35:07,800Oh yeah, oh my gosh.96200:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,960Very hippie, very hippie, definitely smokes.96300:35:11,960 --> 00:35:13,160No, that's really cool.96400:35:13,160 --> 00:35:14,840Yeah, he's got this.96500:35:14,840 --> 00:35:15,680Oh, he's got his lift.96600:35:15,680 --> 00:35:16,520Yeah.96700:35:16,520 --> 00:35:17,440Yeah, so he can get up.96800:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,040So I like those panels as well.96900:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,040There's probably a little light inside.97000:35:23,140 --> 00:35:25,680So eight years is the contract, if you will,97100:35:25,680 --> 00:35:26,520before it's repainted.97200:35:26,520 --> 00:35:27,360Right.97300:35:27,360 --> 00:35:28,180And they're gonna paint it white.97400:35:28,180 --> 00:35:29,020That's already been decided?97500:35:29,020 --> 00:35:29,860Mm-hmm.97600:35:29,860 --> 00:35:30,680Okay.97700:35:30,680 --> 00:35:31,520Yeah.97800:35:31,520 --> 00:35:32,580Well, so this is done in 2020.97900:35:32,580 --> 00:35:34,640Did they have numbers on visitors since this?98000:35:34,640 --> 00:35:35,480Did it work?98100:35:35,480 --> 00:35:37,480Yeah, I'll say that in a second.98200:35:37,480 --> 00:35:38,320Okay.98300:35:38,320 --> 00:35:41,520Okuda is hoping that after those eight years,98400:35:41,520 --> 00:35:45,720whoever is the person that decides to recover his artwork98500:35:45,720 --> 00:35:46,920will choose differently.98600:35:46,920 --> 00:35:48,960It's kind of like, it's decided,98700:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,560but hoping after eight years,98800:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,680there'll be different feeling around it98900:35:52,680 --> 00:35:54,640once it's been integrated a little bit more.99000:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,400But he's also a graffiti artist.99100:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,480That's kind of how he started out, was doing graffiti.99200:35:58,480 --> 00:35:59,500Okay.99300:35:59,500 --> 00:36:02,500And so he says that he's used to his work99400:36:02,500 --> 00:36:03,800having a small lifespan.99500:36:03,800 --> 00:36:05,300He's like, he's used to painting something,99600:36:05,300 --> 00:36:07,000and within days, it's covered back up.99700:36:07,000 --> 00:36:10,320So he's like, I can understand and appreciate99800:36:10,320 --> 00:36:12,520the having my art having a lifespan,99900:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,160but in my heart, it will always live on.100000:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,400Yeah, eight years for some spray paint100100:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,400is more than the average, I guess.100200:36:19,400 --> 00:36:20,780It's quite nice, actually.100300:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,080You never know, they can decide to keep it.100400:36:24,080 --> 00:36:24,920Yeah.100500:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,360He's actually been offered more lighthouses100600:36:26,360 --> 00:36:29,080to paint in Spain, but doesn't give any details100700:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,200about which ones those are.100800:36:31,200 --> 00:36:33,520He said it includes one that's on an island,100900:36:33,520 --> 00:36:37,160which I didn't see any prominent island lighthouses101000:36:37,160 --> 00:36:42,160in Spain, except for, it could be the Isla Moro lighthouse,101100:36:43,040 --> 00:36:46,120which is also in the Bay of Biscay, which is Cantabria.101200:36:46,120 --> 00:36:47,560And he's a Cantabrian artist,101300:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,280so I think it would be more likely for him101400:36:49,280 --> 00:36:54,140to paint another lighthouse where it's culturally,101500:36:54,140 --> 00:36:57,320would plant some meaning back into its location,101600:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,400and not just some rando painting a lighthouse somewhere.101700:37:00,400 --> 00:37:05,400There's not a concept, but a, I guess a program.101800:37:05,920 --> 00:37:07,820It's asset of cultural interest.101900:37:07,820 --> 00:37:12,820It's kind of like us making the national protected places.102000:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,360Gosh, I can't remember what it's called.102100:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,320It's like every lighthouse is under this.102200:37:19,320 --> 00:37:20,520Historic.102300:37:20,520 --> 00:37:22,120Historic places.102400:37:22,120 --> 00:37:22,960Oh, we talked about this.102500:37:22,960 --> 00:37:23,800I know, every time.102600:37:23,800 --> 00:37:26,120We talked about East Brother Light.102700:37:26,120 --> 00:37:29,080National something of historic somethings.102800:37:29,080 --> 00:37:32,820You guys know where we're talking about.102900:37:32,820 --> 00:37:33,660It means you can't touch it.103000:37:33,660 --> 00:37:38,500It's like that in Spain, where they have protected places.103100:37:38,500 --> 00:37:39,340Historic.103200:37:39,340 --> 00:37:41,940Yeah, culturally protected.103300:37:41,940 --> 00:37:45,380And there's only eight lighthouses in Spain103400:37:45,380 --> 00:37:47,540that are on this protected list,103500:37:47,540 --> 00:37:50,080which would prevent it from being painted103600:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,100the way that he paints lighthouses.103700:37:52,100 --> 00:37:55,380So any culturally well-known lighthouses103800:37:55,380 --> 00:37:57,100that would be on this list would not be painted,103900:37:57,100 --> 00:37:57,940so I think that's probably why104000:37:57,940 --> 00:38:00,660I had a hard time finding an island lighthouse104100:38:00,660 --> 00:38:02,980because it wouldn't pop up as easily104200:38:02,980 --> 00:38:04,900as these lighthouses that are protected,104300:38:04,900 --> 00:38:06,860that are an asset of cultural interest.104400:38:06,860 --> 00:38:07,860Okay.104500:38:07,860 --> 00:38:10,700Anyway, it has a couple layers of varnish on it,104600:38:10,700 --> 00:38:11,860but he said, like I said,104700:38:11,860 --> 00:38:13,860there was gonna be like a touch-up in four years,104800:38:13,860 --> 00:38:16,060and around eight years it'd be decided104900:38:16,060 --> 00:38:16,980if it'll be white again,105000:38:16,980 --> 00:38:19,260so you have to visit before 2028105100:38:19,260 --> 00:38:21,860to definitely see his artwork on this lighthouse.105200:38:21,860 --> 00:38:24,580It's kind of the fun thing is it has a lifespan.105300:38:24,580 --> 00:38:26,200So if you're a visitor,105400:38:26,200 --> 00:38:28,100it makes it more likely for you to come105500:38:28,100 --> 00:38:29,100and visit here pretty soon.105600:38:29,100 --> 00:38:29,920I even thought about it.105700:38:29,920 --> 00:38:31,540I was like, oh, we're gonna be in Spain.105800:38:31,540 --> 00:38:32,380We should go out there,105900:38:32,380 --> 00:38:34,380but it would be a whole excursion.106000:38:34,380 --> 00:38:35,220Pretty far away from where we're going.106100:38:35,220 --> 00:38:37,460We'd definitely have to fly there, I think.106200:38:37,460 --> 00:38:41,920In only 11 days, his art brought 28,000 visitors106300:38:41,920 --> 00:38:42,760to this lighthouse.106400:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,540So probably within two weeks,106500:38:45,540 --> 00:38:49,780we saw as many visitors as we saw in the past three years106600:38:49,780 --> 00:38:51,380of the life of this lighthouse.106700:38:51,380 --> 00:38:53,020That is crazy.106800:38:53,020 --> 00:38:54,020I know.106900:38:54,020 --> 00:38:55,420So it's definitely working,107000:38:55,420 --> 00:38:57,140but it's also free.107100:38:57,140 --> 00:39:00,420And so people that are against it say,107200:39:00,420 --> 00:39:03,740what is the point of bringing people to see this lighthouse107300:39:03,740 --> 00:39:06,540if they're not actually putting any money107400:39:06,540 --> 00:39:08,780into the lighthouse or the environment107500:39:08,780 --> 00:39:10,620or the city or anything like that?107600:39:10,620 --> 00:39:13,260I think they're assuming that a lot of people are Spanish107700:39:13,260 --> 00:39:14,420and are coming to see it like,107800:39:14,420 --> 00:39:17,960oh, we'll just drive up there for a day and then go home.107900:39:17,960 --> 00:39:20,980But people like us would be staying in Ajo.108000:39:20,980 --> 00:39:22,420Visitors, yeah.108100:39:22,420 --> 00:39:24,060So kind of has both ways.108200:39:24,060 --> 00:39:26,580There's some people who don't want visitors.108300:39:26,580 --> 00:39:28,460I lived in Colorado for a short period.108400:39:28,460 --> 00:39:32,340And everyone loves to visit Colorado.108500:39:32,340 --> 00:39:33,780I still like to visit there.108600:39:33,780 --> 00:39:37,100But being someone who was a Coloradan,108700:39:37,100 --> 00:39:37,940it was kind of,108800:39:40,020 --> 00:39:42,340didn't really love the tourism.108900:39:42,340 --> 00:39:44,460Because people would bring their, I don't know,109000:39:44,460 --> 00:39:47,020they come up and treat your place like a playground109100:39:47,020 --> 00:39:47,860and then they leave.109200:39:47,860 --> 00:39:48,860That's true.109300:39:48,860 --> 00:39:52,460Yeah, it's part of half and half of tourism.109400:39:52,460 --> 00:39:55,820It can be something your community relies on,109500:39:55,820 --> 00:39:58,500but it would also be pretty annoying.109600:39:58,500 --> 00:40:01,580You don't wanna cater to tourism if you don't want tourism.109700:40:01,580 --> 00:40:03,380So that might also be a problem with this109800:40:03,380 --> 00:40:06,500is that nobody said we needed tourism,109900:40:06,500 --> 00:40:07,740but all of a sudden they're putting money110000:40:07,740 --> 00:40:08,860into having people visit.110100:40:08,860 --> 00:40:09,860And they're like, why would we do that110200:40:09,860 --> 00:40:11,260when we can just enjoy it ourselves110300:40:11,260 --> 00:40:12,420the way it is naturally?110400:40:12,420 --> 00:40:14,060Well, at least there's not like,110500:40:15,640 --> 00:40:19,300Toby Smith, we talked about Paradise Island in the Bahamas.110600:40:19,300 --> 00:40:20,700And he was saying,110700:40:20,700 --> 00:40:24,740his idea of developing that lighthouse into a beach club110800:40:24,740 --> 00:40:28,860and having locals be able to have local land110900:40:28,860 --> 00:40:31,100be accessed by them, not just tourists.111000:40:32,300 --> 00:40:36,260Some other corporations that were nearby didn't share that.111100:40:36,260 --> 00:40:38,820So it was like, well, we don't really want locals here.111200:40:38,820 --> 00:40:40,340We're for tourism.111300:40:40,340 --> 00:40:42,780Locals have a special rate on the days111400:40:42,780 --> 00:40:43,940that we're not open to tourism.111500:40:43,940 --> 00:40:44,780It's just weird.111600:40:44,780 --> 00:40:46,780Yeah, and Toby's not saying like,111700:40:46,780 --> 00:40:50,020we don't want tourism, so this is for locals only.111800:40:50,020 --> 00:40:53,260He's just saying they would employ locals only111900:40:53,260 --> 00:40:56,220so that there's some money going back and forth there112000:40:56,220 --> 00:40:57,780and then tourists could come and visit112100:40:57,780 --> 00:41:00,620and it would be a reason to go and see it.112200:41:00,620 --> 00:41:02,220Benefits for everybody.112300:41:02,220 --> 00:41:04,400But don't let the controversy scare you away112400:41:04,400 --> 00:41:05,540from this lighthouse.112500:41:05,540 --> 00:41:08,260It's still, I know I just talked about it a lot,112600:41:08,260 --> 00:41:11,900but the lighthouse itself deserves to be visited112700:41:11,900 --> 00:41:13,660regardless if it's painted or not.112800:41:13,660 --> 00:41:14,980I think it would be cool to see it112900:41:14,980 --> 00:41:17,340while it's painted before 2028.113000:41:17,340 --> 00:41:20,300That new white paint though, that's gonna look good.113100:41:20,300 --> 00:41:22,780It's really bright and nice.113200:41:22,780 --> 00:41:24,300So if it's gotten this many visitors,113300:41:24,300 --> 00:41:27,660why not, I'm sure they are open to it,113400:41:27,660 --> 00:41:30,300why not entertain the idea of having him113500:41:30,300 --> 00:41:33,660or a different artist put a new exhibit on113600:41:33,660 --> 00:41:34,780for the next eight years?113700:41:34,780 --> 00:41:36,060Wouldn't that be cool?113800:41:36,060 --> 00:41:37,220I think that would be awesome,113900:41:37,220 --> 00:41:39,140but I think it's the fact that this lighthouse114000:41:39,140 --> 00:41:41,220wasn't built to have paint.114100:41:41,220 --> 00:41:44,140Like, it's not built to be a gallery of artists.114200:41:44,140 --> 00:41:46,020It's just to be a lighthouse114300:41:46,020 --> 00:41:48,060and can be appreciated just as a lighthouse.114400:41:48,060 --> 00:41:50,300But instead, in their eyes,114500:41:50,300 --> 00:41:52,340they're turning it into this debacle114600:41:52,340 --> 00:41:53,620where it's like, oh my gosh,114700:41:53,620 --> 00:41:56,740do we really have to make it so out there114800:41:56,740 --> 00:41:58,820and so modern and everything114900:41:58,820 --> 00:42:00,060for people to come and appreciate it?115000:42:00,060 --> 00:42:02,180Or can it just be the way that it is?115100:42:02,180 --> 00:42:03,300I can appreciate that.115200:42:03,300 --> 00:42:06,680But I wanna see it, I'm not gonna let that deter me.115300:42:06,680 --> 00:42:08,500I wanna go see it the way that it looks now115400:42:08,500 --> 00:42:13,500because it's the most colorful, visually exciting lighthouse115500:42:13,980 --> 00:42:14,820that I've seen.115600:42:14,820 --> 00:42:17,300Whoa, walk that back.115700:42:17,300 --> 00:42:20,220Not the most visually exciting I've seen,115800:42:20,220 --> 00:42:22,500but the most visually unique lighthouse115900:42:22,500 --> 00:42:23,340that I've seen so far.116000:42:23,340 --> 00:42:25,220That's gotta be true, yeah.116100:42:25,220 --> 00:42:26,040That's all I got.116200:42:26,040 --> 00:42:28,880The hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,116300:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,820so just this short little four-hour window116400:42:31,820 --> 00:42:33,980on weekends only during low season,116500:42:33,980 --> 00:42:35,820which is any time other than summer.116600:42:35,820 --> 00:42:38,260But during the summer, they're open from 11 to two116700:42:38,260 --> 00:42:40,860and then they have a two-hour break and then four to nine.116800:42:40,860 --> 00:42:44,340And people that have visited and write blogs116900:42:44,340 --> 00:42:47,180and reviews and stuff say that the best time to visit117000:42:47,180 --> 00:42:50,260is sunset because you get to look out over the water117100:42:50,260 --> 00:42:51,740and see the sunset and it's all.117200:42:51,740 --> 00:42:52,580The golden hour.117300:42:52,580 --> 00:42:54,900Yes, the golden hour.117400:42:54,900 --> 00:42:56,460That's apparently the time.117500:42:56,460 --> 00:42:58,020It's weird that they're open and closed,117600:42:58,020 --> 00:42:58,960to be honest with you.117700:42:58,960 --> 00:43:02,460Yeah, well, you got people probably volunteering117800:43:02,460 --> 00:43:04,620to keep it open.117900:43:04,620 --> 00:43:06,580Some facility nearby.118000:43:06,580 --> 00:43:09,880You gotta have people running, it's like the gates open.118100:43:09,880 --> 00:43:11,300There are gates to get in118200:43:11,300 --> 00:43:12,820because it's somebody's private property,118300:43:12,820 --> 00:43:15,260so I can understand that.118400:43:15,260 --> 00:43:16,780Hope they get paid something.118500:43:16,780 --> 00:43:18,260Yeah, right, I know.118600:43:18,260 --> 00:43:19,100Yeah, that's neat.118700:43:19,100 --> 00:43:20,260It's very pretty.118800:43:20,260 --> 00:43:21,340I like the black top.118900:43:21,340 --> 00:43:22,580I know that's pretty common,119000:43:22,580 --> 00:43:25,700but it's a nice contrast to all the other.119100:43:25,700 --> 00:43:27,820It's nice that he didn't touch the top, I think.119200:43:27,820 --> 00:43:28,980I think so too.119300:43:28,980 --> 00:43:30,220Gorgeous cliffside.119400:43:30,220 --> 00:43:31,060I know it.119500:43:31,060 --> 00:43:32,620That's in a really nice location.119600:43:32,620 --> 00:43:35,780That is the Faro de Ajo Lighthouse119700:43:35,780 --> 00:43:37,100or the Garlic Lighthouse.119800:43:37,100 --> 00:43:38,300Garlic.119900:43:38,300 --> 00:43:39,980I think Faro is lighthouse,120000:43:39,980 --> 00:43:41,860so it's just the Faro de Ajo.120100:43:41,860 --> 00:43:44,780And I'm like, Faro de Ajo Lighthouse,120200:43:44,780 --> 00:43:46,220Garlic Lighthouse Lighthouse.120300:43:46,220 --> 00:43:47,620It's like saying ATM machine.120400:43:48,940 --> 00:43:49,780Oh.120500:43:49,780 --> 00:43:51,380Automatic teller machine, machine.120600:43:51,380 --> 00:43:52,500I was like, wait, what?120700:43:52,500 --> 00:43:53,780Is that wait, automatic teller?120800:43:53,780 --> 00:43:55,700Yeah, like a bank teller anyways.120900:43:57,200 --> 00:44:00,300You came up with that example extremely fast.121000:44:00,300 --> 00:44:02,180People say it sometimes.121100:44:02,180 --> 00:44:03,020It's a thing.121200:44:03,020 --> 00:44:03,840It's funny.121300:44:03,840 --> 00:44:08,380Well, I have all of the links I used in the show notes121400:44:08,380 --> 00:44:09,660so you can kind of read about it yourself.121500:44:09,660 --> 00:44:10,620There's a lot more detail121600:44:10,620 --> 00:44:12,060I didn't include in my bullet points.121700:44:12,060 --> 00:44:15,700And you can look up Sea Glass and Faro de Ajo,121800:44:15,700 --> 00:44:17,300all that stuff.121900:44:17,300 --> 00:44:18,540You can take a look at it.122000:44:18,540 --> 00:44:21,260I got some blog posts and stuff in the references.122100:44:21,260 --> 00:44:24,540So read up in our show notes.122200:44:24,540 --> 00:44:27,460Also gonna link where you can see us on Instagram122300:44:27,460 --> 00:44:30,660and YouTube and LinkedIn and all of that in our link tree.122400:44:30,660 --> 00:44:33,900So just one link to take you anywhere122500:44:33,900 --> 00:44:36,140to do with our podcast.122600:44:36,140 --> 00:44:36,980Good work.122700:44:36,980 --> 00:44:38,260Thanks for presenting today.122800:44:38,260 --> 00:44:39,500Yeah, thanks everyone for listening.122900:44:39,500 --> 00:44:41,340We hope you had a good time123000:44:41,340 --> 00:44:44,020and you're ready to visit us again.123100:44:44,020 --> 00:44:48,300He gets worse and worse every time trying to remember it.123200:44:48,300 --> 00:44:51,580We'll see you next time on the Lighthouse Logo.123300:44:51,580 --> 00:45:11,500Come in and take a look.