We have adapted to life in a small space. Even the many trains passing within 30 yards no longer are annoying. Night sounds are identifiable. Hot 2.5 minute showers for 25 cents do the job. Routine has been established and we are comfortable.
Campers come and go. The most interesting RV's are here one day and gone the next. The RVs driven by those who live permanently in them stream into the park day use areas daily at 6 a.m. They have yearly day use passes allowing them to be present from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Where they park at night is unknown.
The weather has been great these last few days. Mornings and evenings are cool. Daytimes are warm. Typical SoCal marine climate prevails. We are seduced by the sun, the flowering plants, the varying colors of the warming ocean. Dolphins patrol the Bight of Capistrano, as this section of the coast is officially known. These rhythms prompt me to remember what life was like when Pat and I lived in Seal Beach many years ago. She worked in a bank and I cleaned and painted boat bottoms at a small shipyard in the Long Beach Marina.
Last night, we watched a program concerning San Diego history. It features a guy named Ken Kramer who does a fine job of finding interesting subjects and explaining their importance. Since I lived in San Diego from 1956 through 1960, I found the program, About San Diego, brought back many memories. One segment was especially compelling. It was about a KCBQ disc jockey named Happy Hare. I had not thought nor heard of Happy Hare in many, many years. But, he was an important part of my life when I received my first radio as a kid. I listened to KCBQ whenever I was in my room at our houses on Point Loma. The station's DJ's introduced me to the world of pop and rock and roll music. I can remember being awakened by music and leaving home to walk to school with the last song I heard playing in my head.
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