Episode 92 - Newport Harbor Lighthouse

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Hi everyone, I'm Emily and I'm Vince and this

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is the lighthouse lowdown Let's go We haven't

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been here for a while back in the saddle this

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episode posts in two days. So that's incredible

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I know I gotta do some editing before then Yeah,

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I think I'm behind on YouTube Our listeners may

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have noticed a batch upload They may notice a

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future batch upload. Yeah, just so everyone knows,

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here's our announcement, is that we're taking

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off for the season. And we said we weren't going

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to do that, but wedding planning is a lot more

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than anticipated. And so something has to be

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sacrificed. Fortunately, that's the podcast.

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My solo Edmund Fitzgerald episode. Yeah. Talked

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about, I gave a brief. That was the day of your

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bridal shower. Yeah. We're living in our in -laws

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basement. Thank you. We are planning our wedding,

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which is happening very soon. And 14 days. 14

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days. That's crazy. We have a honeymoon and work

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is busier than ever. And we're also buying a

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house. So I joke, you know, these are all like.

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These are like the best things. Yeah. This is

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a time to look back on and be really happy. It's

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just a lot. Oh my gosh. I can't believe we did

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all that. Like in the moment it's like, ah, it's

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all good stuff, but it's a lot. So we are not

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going to stop the lighthouse slowdown. No, of

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course not. But we're going to take a break.

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Like, yeah. Until at least a couple episodes.

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Yeah. But we'll see. We're gonna fill it out.

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We'll be back, but we are going to take the time

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necessary. And I know I said we weren't going

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to do that, but. We cracked under the pressure.

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Hopefully we come back really strong. I have

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an episode, actually I have a couple that I've

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been researching over the past couple months.

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I just haven't finished them to the point where

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they're worth presenting. Fine tuning. Just for

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our listeners. They can blame me for this. This

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next one was supposed to be mine. I'm prepared.

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This was supposed to be episode... 93 and it's

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92 now and um it's a christmas central episode

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because originally this one would have posted

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on december 22nd but now it's posting december

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8th which is fine still christmasy and um so

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we'll be coming back with our green island series

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after this and your episode awesome so i chose

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well you know how usually we do Christmas time

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at lighthouses at Christmas time? Yeah. Like

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every year? Uh -huh. Well, that's what I was

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going to do this year. But then only a couple

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of the lighthouses we've covered this whole year

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do anything for Christmas time. Really? They

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don't even do anything Christmassy. They don't

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decorate or have little events or whatever. So

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I couldn't even culminate a whole Christmas time

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at lighthouses episode. There was only like two

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lighthouses that did something. Mentionable for

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Christmas. So we have to skip it. It's so sad.

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Bless you. But I've decided that since we can't

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make a full episode out of that, then I'll cover

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a lighthouse that really decks the halls for

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the holidays. Bows of Jolly? Exactly. Bows of

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Holly. What did you say? I don't know. Okay.

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Then we'll go back to our Green Island series

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after that. So it's a little blip. And I also,

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oh, also, and also, our giveaway is going to

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be when we come back. We promised a giveaway,

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and it was too much to do it right now. So we're

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going to come back. I have a vendor for swag.

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A giveaway is coming up. We have some, yeah,

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it's happening. Yeah, it's happening. We did

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promise a giveaway, and it is coming, just when

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things are less crazy. All right. History buoy.

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I promised I was going to talk about this, I

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think, on the last episode. They've all kind

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of blurred together. Keeper Class Coastal Buoy

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Tenders is what we're talking about today. Keeper

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Class? Yes. Coastal Buoy Tenders. Buoy Tenders,

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yeah. Buoy Tenders are a type of boat, and Keeper

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Class is their type, which is pretty exciting.

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Keeper Class. It's a cool name. So this is a

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class of Coast Guard ship named after influential

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lighthouse keepers of the past. So they released

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them all. Can you go to our first photo, please?

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And slide. Slide. And slide. Yes. So here's a

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picture. They all look the same. They just have

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different numbers. And they're all each named

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after a different lighthouse keeper. So these

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were all commissioned and completed between 1995

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and 2000. And there are 14 of them in service.

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So I didn't know anything about this. It talks

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about like. the propellers and the rudders and

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the drive propulsion system. Yeah. You don't,

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do you know anything? Z drive? Nope. Okay. Well,

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I'm thinking about it for sure. I was like, Oh,

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I love it. And then it was just like, I don't

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know. I mean, it's a boat and we don't talk boats.

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I'm guessing it's the orientation of the drive

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shafts. Um, in some like road vehicles, they

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have a shaft that switches between, well, historically,

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between two -wheel and four -wheel drive to where

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you'd be driving just the rear wheels and then

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also the front wheels. I'm guessing they have

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propellers and the motor are oriented similar.

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But I'm unsure. I have a picture. Actually, yeah.

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Can you go to the next one? Before we jump, can

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we talk about this one? For our listeners who

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are just listening. Oh, yeah. So the Tender is

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a really cool, very rugged -looking ship. Black

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paint on the hull. 551 is this exact number we're

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looking at. U .S. Coast Guard ship. I don't know

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the red, white, and blue stripe. Are you familiar

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with what that is? It's pretty cool. It's Coast

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Guard emblem. So they all have that same emblem

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on the side. Or maybe it's specific for the keeper

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class, but the photo that I'm going to show later,

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each keeper's boat has its own seal. Okay, we'll

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get to it then. And then I wanted to say it looks

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like there's a crane. Built into the front of

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the ship. And they have a cutout in the middle

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of the ship so that when they pull over a buoy

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to do some service on it, it doesn't have to

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lift all the way over the edge of the ship. It

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just goes through the middle. Really cool. Yeah.

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So there's our propulsion system. They can rotate

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360 degrees so that they can make really sharp

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turns. And it has a thruster in the bow, so they're

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unmatched in maneuverability. Like these are

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the keeper ships with really, really good. Movement.

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Go any direction. Movement, yeah. They each carry

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a crew of 24, and while they're not classified

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as icebreakers, they can travel through nine

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inches of ice at three knots. Oh, no. I didn't

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look up how many three knots is. Slow. I know,

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but fast for going through nine inches? I mean,

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yeah. In miles per hour. Also, nine inches of

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ice is a significant amount. Oh, three and a

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half miles per hour. Yeah, so walking speed.

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Okay. Okay. All right. Well, to be honest, faster

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walking speed for us Americans. Yeah, that's

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like where 3 .5 is like where I start to have

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to decide if I want to jog or not. Little steps.

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Each one has a length of 175 feet, a displacement

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of 845 tons. And this is where I'm like, I don't

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know what this means. It says power plant to

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Caterpillar 3508 TA diesel engines. Hell yeah.

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Ulstein Z drives, 2040 BHP. Brake horsepower.

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Brake horsepower? So horsepower is force over

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a rate of time. So power generated from, say,

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a motor. Brake horsepower is how you, BHP is

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how a motor is tested. So a brake is applied

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to a shaft and under brake. What is the force

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that's applied at a rate of speed is how horsepower

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is measured. So those Caterpillar engines, Caterpillar

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is well known for making good diesel engines.

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Oh, nice. They're huge in heavy on -the -road

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equipment and construction, as well as emergency

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power diesel generators that are the size of

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this basement. Oh, my gosh. Monsters. That's

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crazy. Thank you for adding that little bit of

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knowledge. You're welcome. They have a speed

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max of 12 knots. and a range of 2 ,000 nautical

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miles at 10 knots. So they're not the fastest

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of ships. They're not the fastest. They're not

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trying to get anywhere quickly since they're

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just like daily maintenance sort of things. But

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the maneuverability, and looking at the hull

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of the ship, it's like a V shape, but very, very

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subtle. Very flat bottom. So probably for maneuverability.

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And stability, because if you're swinging a giant...

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buoy over the edge of your ship like you don't

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want to tip over it's maybe people who know ships

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would laugh at this but 800 and some tons yeah

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is a displacement i can't understand how much

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weight that is yeah it's like when people say

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like a billion of something you're like i don't

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yeah i don't know you know a billion a billion

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well it's like can you okay i mean i could break

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it down yeah Oh, like there was that one person

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who did grains of rice to show how much a billion

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dollars was compared to like the normal average.

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Yeah. Well, the exponential story, right? The,

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the chess board, you take a grain of rice and

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you double it every piece. Oh yeah. And you run

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out of all the grains of rice on earth by the

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time you get to the end of the board. That's

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crazy. Yeah. It's from a, that's a long story.

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Also, one other fun example, won't say the numbers,

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but we were talking yesterday about, how expensive

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houses are in thousands of dollars increments.

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We're like this many hundreds of those thousand

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dollar increments. A thousand dollars is like

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a lot of money and then multiply it by hundreds.

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That's the biggest unit. I think I understand

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is a, is a thousand. Yeah. You can put them,

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you can put them together. You know, that's two

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or 5 ,000 or $15 ,000 car. Yeah. Once we start

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to get to the millions and stuff, it's like,

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I don't, I don't even know exactly. So anyway,

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Keeper Class Bowie Tenders are given the numbers.

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We talked about this a long time ago. We talked

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about Coast Guard numbering systems. I can't

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remember what episode that was. I wish I'd made

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a note, but it's WLM 551 through 564. So that

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first picture I had must have been the Ida Lewis.

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Yep, 551. So that was the first one that they

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released, Ida Lewis. I didn't make notes about

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all these people because a lot of them are ones

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we're going to cover eventually when we cover

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specific lighthouses. Of course. So we haven't

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covered Ida Lewis, but she's like one of the

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big names of Keeper history. You'll see her everywhere.

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So very exciting. That one is stationed in Newport,

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Rhode Island. And then 552 is the Catherine Walker

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in New Jersey. Do you want me to list them all?

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How many you got? 14. Yeah. Okay. Abby Burgess.

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553 Rockland, Maine. Marcus Hanna, 554 South

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Portland, Maine. Let's see. Joshua Appleby, 556

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St. Petersburg, Florida. Frank Drew. We talked

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about Frank Drew in our last episode, I think.

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Okay. I think it was last episode. Maybe the

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one before. I can't remember. They're all spread

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out, okay? I can't keep track of everything.

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557 Portsmouth, Virginia. Anthony. Dang it. Anthony.

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Petite. I don't know. 558 in Alaska. Barbara

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Mabriti, 559 in Mobile, Alabama. William Tate,

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Harry Clyburn, Galveston,

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Texas. Maria Bray, Atlantic Beach, Florida. Henry

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Blake, Everett, Washington. And George Cobb,

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which is 564 in St. San? San Pedro? California.

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San Pedro. San Francisco. This is why I should

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never list things like this. I should have just

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posted it like, you guys can read. Whatever.

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San Diego. So what I was saying earlier is that

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they all have their own fun seals. Yes, okay.

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And so, yeah, go to the next picture. And I just

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put six of them on there, so. Ida Lewis. And

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I think the seals have something to do with the

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keepers, like their history and stuff. At least

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four of those names were women's names. Yeah.

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That's interesting to me. You started strong

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with women, I think, the first three. I probably

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did, yeah. Yeah, and then all the guys' names

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started coming up, and it's like just butchering

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them. Got a bowcat on the lap. Perfect thing

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to have going into our episode about... Newport

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Harbor Lighthouse which is also called Goat Island

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Lighthouse and it's very interesting because

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I've done a Goat Island Lighthouse and I was

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talking during the episode about how I kept seeing

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another lighthouse and being like this isn't

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the same right it's like a different lighthouse

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and it's not called Goat Island it's just referred

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to that like locally but the official name is

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Newport Harbor Lighthouse so we're gonna be covering

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that one today because it came up as a lighthouse

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that does big Christmas stuff. Oh, let's go.

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Or at least mentionable Christmas stuff. Jingle

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jangle. Jingle jangle is so right. Oh, and Goat

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Island Lighthouse, the episode was last November.

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Oh my gosh. It just happened to be what we're

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talking about today. I thought it was interesting.

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Fun. Time is flying. So we have the photo pulled

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up of the map. The map. We are in Rhode Island.

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Newport Harbor has been... An important site

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of commerce since the early 1700s. And that's

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for stuff like sugar, molasses, shipbuilding.

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What else do I have on here? Whaling and fishing.

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So lots, lots of high -paying good stuff going

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on through this harbor. Nautical. Nautical. Isn't

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everything that we talk about? Anytime I see

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a wharf, I get excited. Yeah. We go to the wharf

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when we visit my grandparents. Oh, really? In

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Ventura, California. To be honest with you, it's

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like a mall. Oh. But, you know, like I bought

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jeans there. I bought a t -shirt. But I think

00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:04.500
of it as cool because it's next to the beach.

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Yeah. Anyways, sorry. There's a wharf on the

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map here. Probably a real wharf and not a shopping

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wharf. I bet you there's a lot of shopping there

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today. The entrance to the harbor is marked with

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a small island called Goat Island. And they called

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it this because they would release their goats

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to pasture on the island. Nice. That's about

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it. That's where the name comes from? Yeah, that's

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about what you would expect. Why is it called

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Goat Island? It's probably because there's goats

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on it. Yeah, like Hog Island. Yeah, exactly.

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Because there were hogs. The Goat Island was

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ceded from Newport to the government in 1799

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so that Fort Walcott could be constructed on

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it. Okay. And this was actually the fifth fort

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to be built on this island's history. Proceeded

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by Fort Washington, Fort Liberty, Fort George,

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and first by Fort Ann in 1702. So we've got a

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lot of history here on this teeny island that

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you can see on the screen if you're looking at

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our YouTube. Yeah. Very exciting. In 1823, Congress

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paid $2 ,500 for a lighthouse to be built on

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this little island. And so they went with a 20

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-foot stone tower and a six -room keeper's dwelling.

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And the fixed white light was lit on New Year's

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Day, 1824. Can you go to the next picture? Absolutely.

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Thank you. Yeah, so this, I have something else

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to mention about this, but this was, I think,

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an etching of the original lighthouse. Original.

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Focus on original lighthouse. Yeah, black and

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white could be a photo, but I think you're right.

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It's a very domed square, so it's very flat on

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the front. I hate to do this to you. Do you know

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what's on top of the cupola? No, I have no idea.

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It looks like a little, like... Something you

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would lift stuff with. Yeah. Like a derrick.

00:16:54.149 --> 00:16:57.610
Yeah, exactly. Yeah. But I don't know. In the

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background, you can see our keepers dwelling.

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Yeah. Let's stop interrupting you. Unfortunately,

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Newport Harbor Light was not located in a good

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position to mark a shallow reef that was like

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just north of the island. Okay. So like it was

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doing a good job in every other way, but they

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didn't really. They didn't really foresee this

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little reef being an issue particularly. So while

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everything else improved, tons of ships started

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to run aground on this shallow reef because originally,

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you know, they'd give it a really wide berth,

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you know, when they're coming in with their ships.

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And then if they have a lighthouse there, they

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have this false sense of security where they

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can like hug the island really tight. And so

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they're hitting this reef every time. Sorry.

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Huh? It's not funny. It's not funny. Not funny.

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They were probably all right. Just a lot of -

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If they were okay, it's hilarious. Yeah. A lot

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of money damage, I think, is the focus. A lot

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of lives lost, but a lot of cash lost. Within

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10 years, it was decided that the lighthouse

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needed to be moved, so that's pretty quick in

00:18:01.329 --> 00:18:03.710
lighthouse terms. Short. They added a breakwater

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on the north side of Goat Island, so they're

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extending the lighthouse from the island out

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towards that shallow reef, so it reduces the

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- closeness of people like passing over the top

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some more space yep from 1834 to 1842 this was

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a very long construction period we're talking

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about what is that almost that's eight years

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i guess over 67 000 was spent on adding a breakwater

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and building a new lighthouse on the end of it

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that is a lot in the 1867 grand yeah and that's

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not even get about 10 houses back then dang it

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so real right now The original lighthouse was

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kept lit throughout that construction, so we

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still had a lighthouse. But until they transferred

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the lighting apparatus to the new 29 -foot octagonal

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granite tower, and the inside was lined with

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stone and a stone spiral stairway. Cool. Can

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you check if I put that photo in here? I did.

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Yeah, stone stairway. Isn't that cool? So cool,

00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:06.809
yeah. Oh, that's an awesome photo on the left,

00:19:06.829 --> 00:19:08.890
too. Isn't that beautiful? Showing kind of the

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new keeper's house. Integral tower, it looks

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like. So the house actually came later. It used

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to just be the tower. So this is a, obviously,

00:19:17.329 --> 00:19:21.710
this was finished in 1842. So I don't have a

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photo of it exactly. Really cool photo of this

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one, though. Yeah, this picture is really nice.

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I like how they always have somebody standing

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in front. They did for the last lighthouse, too.

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Yeah, repping for scale. They always do. The

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old tower was dismantled in 1851 and rebuilt

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at Prudence Island, where it still operates today.

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So that picture that I had originally was probably

00:19:44.349 --> 00:19:47.930
on Prudence Island. Okay. That's where it was

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etched or whatever. Sure. So yeah, that one's

00:19:51.130 --> 00:19:56.109
still lit, and so is ours. In 1864, a keeper's

00:19:56.109 --> 00:19:58.549
dwelling was built against the lighthouse on

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the 20 -foot granite pier, and the old keeper's

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house was demolished and the cellar filled, so

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it's no longer... there in any capacity but that's

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probably close to when this picture was taken

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of our lighthouse 1878 1864 okay not 78 okay

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coming from nowhere 1869 a naval torpedo station

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was built on um The island to research and develop

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torpedoes. And this became like a big torpedo

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station for like a long time. 1873, a fog bell

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and striking mechanism were added. So that's

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the building that's on the left in this photo.

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So this is probably that. So you actually, you

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were probably right about the date. You said

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1878? Yep. This was 1873. So there's a possibility

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that that was about when this picture was taken.

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Interesting. 1891, we're almost to the 1900s.

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A clockwork was added to make the lighthouse

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occulting, flashing white for 15 seconds and

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dark for five. So now we have a flashing tower.

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I wonder which lighthouse was built that made

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it no longer a fixed white. There's always something.

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I don't know. There's always another lighthouse

00:21:16.829 --> 00:21:18.829
that pops up that's like, okay, we need to change

00:21:18.829 --> 00:21:21.390
up our lights. I think that's a pretty unique

00:21:21.390 --> 00:21:24.049
pattern, though. 15 on, five off. Yeah, like

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on for a long time. Yeah, kind of fun. You're

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:29.960
right, that is a fun flashback. Usually they're

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so short. Yeah, they're like quick flashes. 1906,

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a torpedo factory was built on the island and

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:39.119
became the sole manufacturer for the U .S. Navy.

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So that's kind of fun. Torpedo. 1908, sorry,

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what year? In 1906. That's so early. Yeah, so

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we were already researching and developing torpedoes,

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but now there's a factory that's producing them

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exclusively. Interesting. In 1921, a 155 -foot

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submarine rammed into our breakwater. I'm like,

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:06.440
what are you doing? Is it one of ours? Yes. Keep

00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:08.539
your eyes out. Windshield must have got dirty.

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And it severely damaged the keeper's dwelling.

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So instead of rebuilding, they decided to remove

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:16.779
the house and the fog building and electrify

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:20.079
the lighthouse. So that ended the keeper's positions

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:23.549
at our station. And I have a photo. Mind your

00:22:23.549 --> 00:22:27.430
torpedoes. Yeah, keep an eye out for your submarines.

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Keep your submarine away from the lighthouse.

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You know, that's the downside of submarines is

00:22:30.809 --> 00:22:34.410
they can't see lights. Lighthouses. You're so

00:22:34.410 --> 00:22:35.970
right. Because they're under the water. You're

00:22:35.970 --> 00:22:39.009
so right. Silly. It's like the one thing that

00:22:39.009 --> 00:22:41.190
would run into a lighthouse. You're so right.

00:22:43.289 --> 00:22:45.109
It's embarrassing. Even a plane wouldn't hit

00:22:45.109 --> 00:22:48.009
one. Yeah. I mean, it's unlikely unless there

00:22:48.009 --> 00:22:50.430
was an accident. The lighthouse was automated

00:22:50.430 --> 00:22:54.230
in 1963, but is still an active guide to navigation

00:22:54.230 --> 00:22:56.549
today. So that's fun because I've been giving

00:22:56.549 --> 00:22:59.869
you guys lots of lighthouses that are... Retired.

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Ruins. A lot more than retired. Retired from

00:23:03.710 --> 00:23:06.670
life. Well, this one's still kicking. That's

00:23:06.670 --> 00:23:09.349
good. Yeah. Still flashing. What's the pattern

00:23:09.349 --> 00:23:11.890
today? Do you know? Oh, that's a good question.

00:23:11.890 --> 00:23:14.829
I want to say yeah, but that's because I don't

00:23:14.829 --> 00:23:17.640
have any other information. I like it. Could

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:20.680
be different. Usually I check the USLHS light

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:22.880
list, so I'm surprised I didn't this time. You

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:26.720
know, things are just a little crazy. If you

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:30.279
can't hear it, we are ragged. It's going so good.

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Am I doing a bad job? No. Oh. Just like my...

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:37.880
Your eyes are sunken. I am sporadic. I'm sorry.

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:39.720
We're going to look so tired on our wedding day.

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They're going to be like, what happened? I don't

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:43.619
know. I don't know. Didn't you guys get married

00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:47.259
when you were 30? What is... Why do you look

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:51.400
so old? Why does she have gray hair? Why do his

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:57.019
eyes look like Kermit the Frog? It's fine. We're

00:23:57.019 --> 00:24:01.700
thriving. In the 70s, the area between the island

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:09.980
and the lighthouse was filled. Too much excitement

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:14.319
made me choke. Filled in. I just thought it was

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:17.180
fun and then it got ruined. I'm having fun. And

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:20.660
a hotel was built on this new land. Okay, I'm

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:23.859
kind of. We'll come back to that interesting.

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:26.980
Did the submarine hit it? No. Maybe it was a

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:31.960
blimp. He's losing it. The old sky submarine.

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:36.019
Coast Guard completely renovated the lighthouse

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:39.940
in 1989, which is early for a renovation. It

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:42.880
is. Normally we see. That in the 90s, like late

00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:44.960
90s and early 2000s. Yeah, it must have been

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:47.019
one of the early ones in that big movement. Yeah,

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:50.740
they must have liked it and focused on it. And

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:53.460
was added to the National Register of Historic

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Places, like right before that. They leased the

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.859
light to the American Lighthouse Foundation,

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:59.980
which started a chapter called the Friends of

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:02.980
Newport Harbor Light to maintain it. Let's go.

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:06.140
So let's go. In 2005, the light was changed to

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:08.660
fixed green. If you want to click. Oh yeah, clicking.

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:12.480
And that's a beautiful photo. It's not on, but

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:14.779
you can tell that it's green from the way it

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:17.220
is. Yeah. From the way that it is, the color

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:19.559
that you can see. Really cool tree. Isn't it

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:21.400
pretty? Yeah. And you can see that they added

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:23.799
the land. It's no longer a breakwater. Kind of

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:26.339
cool. The year after that, a restoration was

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:29.339
done of the tower painting, repointing, and repairing

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:31.940
railings. Repointing? Yeah. That's when they

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:34.299
put new mortar, I think, between the bricks.

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:39.829
Yeah. We mentioned that years ago. Because I

00:25:39.829 --> 00:25:41.410
was like repointing. That's probably supposed

00:25:41.410 --> 00:25:45.630
to say repainting, but nope. Cool. And apparently

00:25:45.630 --> 00:25:49.930
in 2018, the American Lighthouse Foundation did

00:25:49.930 --> 00:25:53.430
not renew their lease with the lighthouse. So

00:25:53.430 --> 00:25:57.009
it's unclear. Why? I haven't been able to find

00:25:57.009 --> 00:25:59.250
out who is maintaining it because it still looks

00:25:59.250 --> 00:26:02.529
good. And so like somebody's got to be. I mean,

00:26:02.529 --> 00:26:05.529
it could be the city. Oh, yeah. If it's, you

00:26:05.529 --> 00:26:08.430
know, it could be the friends of, you know, shout

00:26:08.430 --> 00:26:11.670
out. friends of xyz and lighthouses they're all

00:26:11.670 --> 00:26:14.109
over the place yeah like if a new chapter or

00:26:14.109 --> 00:26:16.710
a new yeah group came up but i'm curious everywhere

00:26:16.710 --> 00:26:18.650
i look it still says the american lighthouse

00:26:18.650 --> 00:26:21.309
foundation maintains it and so i wonder if in

00:26:21.309 --> 00:26:24.349
2008 they didn't renew the lease and then maybe

00:26:24.349 --> 00:26:27.750
the next year sorry what did i say eight 2008

00:26:27.750 --> 00:26:30.369
oh yeah 2018 18 okay i was gonna say too because

00:26:30.369 --> 00:26:33.049
that that's 20 years yeah but 18 is a couple

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:36.000
But I wonder if they took back over again like

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:38.599
in a later year or something. Yeah, didn't renew

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:41.559
in 18. But another interesting piece of information

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:45.819
is that the Newport Harbor Island Resort, I think

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:51.059
it's a Marriott or maybe a Marriott. Hyatt Marriott?

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:52.940
I don't know why that's funny to me. What? I

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:56.099
think of a resort, I don't think of the big names.

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:59.299
Oh, yeah. But it's still, it's called the Newport

00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:02.299
Harbor Island Resort. But it's under, yeah, under

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:05.650
the big name. but they refer to it as our lighthouse

00:27:05.650 --> 00:27:09.369
when talking about their annual Christmas lighting.

00:27:10.990 --> 00:27:13.170
Maybe they own it. So that's what I was thinking.

00:27:13.210 --> 00:27:15.769
I was like, maybe the land, maybe there, but

00:27:15.769 --> 00:27:18.069
it's still an active guide to navigation. So

00:27:18.069 --> 00:27:21.009
like what a hotel lease, a lighthouse. Well,

00:27:21.089 --> 00:27:24.430
hear me out. Okay. Hog Island, Paradise Island

00:27:24.430 --> 00:27:28.730
of Nassau, Bahamas. We know Toby Smith, who is

00:27:28.730 --> 00:27:31.890
the owner of the lighthouse. Unfortunately, it's

00:27:31.890 --> 00:27:34.799
doing. Very poorly right now. Oh, yeah, we lost

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:37.240
the top. Yeah, it's in need of repair. Our lantern

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:40.880
room plummeted to the ground in high winds. Everybody,

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:44.019
give some love to our Paradise Island Lighthouse

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:46.099
because it needs some eyes on it. It needs some

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:48.079
eyes on it and some cash. Okay, so continue.

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:50.680
And you should go back and listen. We interviewed

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:53.759
Toby Smith. He was really fun to talk to. Yeah.

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:56.400
He was in a pretty tough time. We need to check

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:59.519
in with him again. But I follow him on Facebook,

00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:04.170
so I keep up. technically that's another i would

00:28:04.170 --> 00:28:07.150
say active guide to navigation it was on and

00:28:07.150 --> 00:28:08.869
cruise ships are coming in and out of that port

00:28:08.869 --> 00:28:14.710
every single day yeah in nassau and um i forget

00:28:14.710 --> 00:28:17.450
which cruise line royal caribbean atlantic was

00:28:17.450 --> 00:28:21.210
was in a a legal battle that was discussed on

00:28:21.210 --> 00:28:24.349
our show also with toby regarding who owns that

00:28:24.349 --> 00:28:26.670
property yeah who has the lease rather for that

00:28:26.670 --> 00:28:30.099
property and so Or where the boundary is and

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:33.099
whatnot. Yeah. So maybe in this case also, somebody

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:36.680
may have lease or ownership of the actual property

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:39.200
of the lighthouse, but it's accessed through

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:41.819
the property of this resort. Maybe the resort

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:45.359
owns the whole spit. Yeah. Or leases the whole

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:47.319
spit. Who knows? Maybe. I don't know. All that

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:50.079
is to say, active guided navigation and also

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:52.220
in question of who owns it. Who's maintaining

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:54.579
it. Because the actual lighthouse itself has

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:56.500
to be maintained by somebody else. Otherwise

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:59.910
it would. Coast Guard is only concerned with

00:28:59.910 --> 00:29:03.230
having the light on. And so if there's no one

00:29:03.230 --> 00:29:05.549
to maintain the lighthouse, they just put a light

00:29:05.549 --> 00:29:08.890
on like a little stick or a skeleton tower or

00:29:08.890 --> 00:29:11.670
something. I mean, I get how it happens, of course.

00:29:11.809 --> 00:29:13.529
We don't have that much money to throw around.

00:29:14.529 --> 00:29:30.079
Anyway, annual Christmas tree lining. Annual.

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:33.220
Very exciting. And that's what I wanted to focus

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:35.859
to be on. Let's go. Can you go to the next picture?

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:39.940
Oh, that's pretty. Isn't that beautiful? Okay,

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:42.339
so we have lights going up and down each of the

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:46.059
octagonal, what do you call them? Chrismas. Edges

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:49.140
of the lighthouse. We have a wreath in the middle.

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:51.420
We have garland all the way around the top along

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:53.740
with more lights. That's beautiful. It kind of

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:56.759
adds to more festive magic for the light itself

00:29:56.759 --> 00:30:01.720
to be green. So very beautiful. And that is thrown

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:07.059
by the resort. So November 29th this year. So

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:09.900
it's passed at this point, unfortunately. But

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:12.880
you can go next year. From 5 p .m. to 10 p .m.

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:14.660
they had their event where the lighthouse was

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:16.299
decorated with garland, a wreath, and Christmas

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:19.880
lights. And the resort had carolers, warm drinks,

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:22.759
which they said some spiked options, which would

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:24.779
be important to me because that's how it's fun.

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:27.940
Live music, treats, and a hot chocolate bar.

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:30.220
And it was all free to attend. So you could just

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:34.640
come out to the island and check it out. That's

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:38.579
awesome. You know, I'm so interested in lighthouse

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:41.059
tourism, right? Maybe there's a better word or

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:44.940
phrase. But going to do things and making lighthouses

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:48.140
a part of what you're doing. Whether it's in

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:52.339
your town or a different country. I mean, I'm

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:54.700
fascinated. Do you know, could you remind me

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:56.059
the name of this? Do you have any more information

00:30:56.059 --> 00:31:00.140
on the resort here? Oh, yeah. Newport Harbor.

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:06.400
I lost it. Island Resort. Okay. And if you look

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:08.980
it up, they have a really great website. And

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:11.619
I think it's slightly bougie. I'll check it out.

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:15.299
Okay. That's fun. I don't know. There's all sorts,

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:18.220
like, how cool is that? Yeah. Especially if you

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.759
weren't expecting it. You happen to be there

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:22.400
November 29th and like, hey, we have a, you know.

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:24.200
We have a lighthouse lighting. It's like, what?

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:27.259
How cool is that? There was one time, side story.

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:31.640
One time we took a flight. We weren't supposed

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:33.519
to be on the flight. We had a different flight

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:39.920
and we missed it. And so we're flying from Denver.

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:44.509
No, no. We were in Vancouver, Canada. We were

00:31:44.509 --> 00:31:47.450
flying to Whitehorse, Canada. Okay. So we were

00:31:47.450 --> 00:31:49.549
going backpacking. It was this awesome adventure.

00:31:49.769 --> 00:31:54.910
Oh, yeah. 2015. And before we got on, it's a

00:31:54.910 --> 00:31:57.160
long story. Before we got on the flight. um,

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:59.200
there was like this little thing that got set

00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:01.339
up this table and these people came and there

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:03.960
was a cake, a big chocolate cake, like four or

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:06.440
five tiers. It was huge. And champagne was being

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:08.480
poured. And we were like, Oh my God, someone's

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:11.440
arriving. Like a VIP is coming or, you know,

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:14.019
what's happening. It's this small, uh, small

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:16.359
part of the airport, not a small airport. And

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:19.160
then, you know, we're sitting 20 feet away. This,

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:22.559
uh, uh, a lady event host comes over and says,

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:24.599
if you'd like, you can go ahead and get chocolate

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:28.559
cake now. And we're like, Oh, we're and she's

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:30.900
like, no, no, no. This is the first flight. This

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:34.420
is the inaugural flight for this or this airline

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:38.160
flying this route. So we just accidentally and

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:42.140
it was not cheap. Yeah, we got we got like there

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:43.619
was a fruit tray. It was a whole thing. It was

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:45.460
real informal, but they did. Someone stood up

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:47.539
there and said something. And the captain, the

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:49.880
pilot of the plane shook somebody's hand. Yeah.

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:54.220
And it was a not a long flight. But we we talk

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:57.190
about. My brother and I still, how fantastic

00:32:57.190 --> 00:32:59.130
this flight was because they served chocolate

00:32:59.130 --> 00:33:03.089
cake again on the flight. Specifically because

00:33:03.089 --> 00:33:05.869
of the chocolate cake. So weird side story, but

00:33:05.869 --> 00:33:09.309
put yourself in the tourism lighthouse world.

00:33:10.690 --> 00:33:12.809
Get out there. Fun things are going to happen.

00:33:12.809 --> 00:33:15.150
It's like chocolate cake on a flight. So somebody,

00:33:15.190 --> 00:33:17.859
I bet you somebody had that experience. That

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:19.380
day is why I say all that. It's just something

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:20.700
totally random. Maybe they didn't even know the

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:22.339
lighthouse was there. Exactly. Even just staying

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:24.099
at the resort and then being like, is that a

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:27.059
lighthouse out there? Like, whoa. Something so

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:29.900
cool. And the resort's right next to it. So you

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:33.200
see the flashing, the green light. Ooh, do they

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:36.279
have lighthouse view rooms? You should stay there.

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:39.980
I bet you they do. If they wanted to reach out

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:43.559
to us. Yeah. Give us a room and we'll cover more.

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:46.720
You know? Yeah, we already did this for free.

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:52.160
Dang it. Yep. That's what our podcast is. But

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:55.140
anyway, the Lighthouse Lighting is only part

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:57.940
of the Newport festivities for the Christmas

00:33:57.940 --> 00:34:01.000
season as they celebrate the 55th annual Christmas

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:03.319
in Newport. So I have another picture pulled

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:05.940
up. Newport is one of those places that goes

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:08.039
absolutely crazy for Christmas time. This is

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:12.280
just the wharf that we saw on the thing. Just

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:14.059
the wharf. You don't say just the wharf. No,

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:16.420
I'm just saying like, look at how many Christmas

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:19.559
trees. There's a lot. How many are we on? One,

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:21.659
two, three. There's a bunch of small ones. You

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:25.840
got to count them all. A minimum of 15. And there

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:28.920
are Christmas trees inside as well. Oh, shoot.

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:31.400
Yeah, you kind of can't. Christmas. Can't really

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:33.920
count them all. So we've got door decorating

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:37.039
contests. We've got holiday markets, lantern

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:40.440
lit walking tours, which would be awesome. Light

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:43.340
shows, mansion Christmas displays. I don't know

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:45.800
what's going on in Newport, but apparently there's

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:49.559
a lot of mansions and they do competitive Christmas

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:53.739
displays where you can go inside and see their

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:57.719
ballroom decorated for Christmas. See, that's

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:59.840
where we need to be looking at houses. I will

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:05.000
say, yeah. Wait, let me finish my list. Lots

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:07.780
of workshops displays and anything you can think

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:10.360
of in Newport for Christmas time. They've got

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:13.659
it. Newport is a very heavy Christmas themed

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:17.500
place around this time of year. So it's like

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:20.400
when we covered Edgerton. Yeah. Or is it Edgar

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:23.199
Town? Edgar Town. I can't remember. I know. But

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:25.760
they went crazy for Christmas too. So it's like

00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:29.440
a small coastal town thing. Yeah. They go crazy.

00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:32.400
I was going to say Christmas is, I mean, we're

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:37.030
getting married. soon yeah we are and so everything's

00:35:37.030 --> 00:35:40.030
christmas right yeah and we're doing a mini honeymoon

00:35:40.030 --> 00:35:43.010
right after christmas themed all these things

00:35:43.010 --> 00:35:47.050
christmas is alive and well so many things people

00:35:47.050 --> 00:35:49.710
are complaining about that we've lost or that

00:35:49.710 --> 00:35:51.369
have changed or they're not like they used to

00:35:51.369 --> 00:35:54.989
be or now it's all corporate uh yeah people are

00:35:54.989 --> 00:35:58.570
honestly you're right but christmas is like one

00:35:58.570 --> 00:36:00.610
of the last things i think people are keeping

00:36:00.610 --> 00:36:03.820
alive you know they said uh they being the internet

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:07.219
said something about why you know we look back

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:09.599
at christmas our generation and we think man

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:12.840
it used to be what happened you know like it

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:15.300
was the warm light and all these events and the

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:18.179
also the pumpkin patches and also the valentine's

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:20.219
day at school and also well it's because our

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:23.239
parents and the adults that were around made

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:27.530
that real for us yeah so For the love of life,

00:36:27.670 --> 00:36:30.010
please, let's keep Christmas alive. Yeah, because.

00:36:30.170 --> 00:36:31.809
For those who enjoy Christmas. That's true. Is

00:36:31.809 --> 00:36:34.329
that like when you were a kid, the magic was

00:36:34.329 --> 00:36:36.289
being made for you. And now that you're an adult,

00:36:36.369 --> 00:36:38.050
you have to make the magic yourself. Well, it

00:36:38.050 --> 00:36:39.889
doesn't mean you got to buy more presents. It

00:36:39.889 --> 00:36:41.929
doesn't mean you got to pay to get into more

00:36:41.929 --> 00:36:44.789
places. That's why we go to the Overland Park

00:36:44.789 --> 00:36:47.269
Mayor's Christmas tree lighting every year. We

00:36:47.269 --> 00:36:51.550
do. Because it's just like the best way free

00:36:51.550 --> 00:36:53.929
to kick off the holiday season. Like you just

00:36:53.929 --> 00:36:57.380
go and they. make a big deal on stage about flipping

00:36:57.380 --> 00:37:00.099
the switch for the Christmas tree. Yeah, it's

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:04.119
fun. Yeah, you just have a drink and take pictures

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:06.739
and have dinner. It's nice. Absolutely. That's

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:08.860
what Newport Harbor is doing. It's keeping it

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:12.940
alive, making the magic themselves. So yeah,

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:15.300
that's the end of my episode. Well, thank you

00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:17.500
and Merry Christmas. You're welcome. Merry Christmas,

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:20.940
everybody. We're going to see you after the Christmas

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:22.860
season. We're going to be Mr. and Mrs. Bailey

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:27.800
at that point. That's crazy. That's crazy. Our

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:30.280
podcast has gone through almost all the seasons

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:33.059
of our relationship, and now we will be one,

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:37.599
one flesh, as they say. Yes. And, you know, speaking

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:40.239
about kind of recording our relationship and

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:44.460
what we've done together, the couple of different

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:46.780
studios we've had, all the adventures, people

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:48.820
we've met, thank you all for being a part of

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:53.409
it. We, even if this goes offline someday, You

00:37:53.409 --> 00:37:55.849
know, Emily and I are not doing this anymore.

00:37:55.989 --> 00:37:58.329
YouTube is gone. Whatever. Podcasts are dead.

00:37:58.690 --> 00:38:01.150
We will always have this. Yeah. We're going to

00:38:01.150 --> 00:38:03.250
have these and you all were a part of it. So

00:38:03.250 --> 00:38:05.289
thank you for being here. It's really special.

00:38:05.389 --> 00:38:07.369
That's so sweet. That's like, that's a good new

00:38:07.369 --> 00:38:08.869
year send off because we're not up here for New

00:38:08.869 --> 00:38:11.170
Year's either. So everyone enjoy the rest of

00:38:11.170 --> 00:38:15.429
your 2025 and we'll see you guys next time in

00:38:15.429 --> 00:38:22.840
2026. Lighthouse. Lighthouse. Lowdown.