Day Twenty Eight
Last night we had agreed to leave for the Peterson Automobile Museum at 9:30 am so I wasn't surprised when Duncan was knocking on my door at about 9:25.
Duncan Williams is a character who clearly dances to his own drummer. Not only does he live in a stationary RV but he drives an old "cop car" complete with search lights and front bumper bar. He had been to this museum many times over the years as they changed their displays so he drove us into the city. Parking in metro LA is always a problem but the museum was attached to this very unusual parking tower.
The entrance to the parking area is to the right in the above photo and below is Duncan trying to tell me not to take his picture using sign language.
The museum had a special display of Porsche cars as they evolved over the years as well as some of their race cars.
They also had a wonderful display of unusual custom motorcycles. Below is the Honda "step through" that spawned the advertising tag line, "You meet the nicest people on a Honda".
Here is a 1915 Ford. Henry Ford, the man who created the assembly line production technique, used to say you can have any color as long as it's black.
We covered the three-story exhibit in a couple of hours and now it was lunchtime. Duncan had promised to take me to one of his favourite restaurants for their famous fish tacos. The place was packed so we ordered three apiece and drove back to my trailer to dine in air-conditioned peace.
Our afternoon project was to install a new water heater on Duncan's trailer. He had been without hot water for a month or so and he was excited to have my technical expertise to install it. Like so many projects I had no previous experience and the unit came with no instructions. Duncan was needing a nap so he asked me to look it over, make a list of things to buy and to wake him when I was ready to go to Lowe's Hardware.
The project was difficult but by the dinner hour, I had successfully installed both hot and cold water lines, propane gas line and the electrical power to the unit. All that remained were four low voltage wires and a new switch and I could not figure out with any certainty where they were meant to go. We decided to quit for the day and approach the project with fresh eyes in the morning.
Duncan created another gastronomic masterpiece for dinner and we whiled away the evening with more storytelling.
Duncan Williams is a character who clearly dances to his own drummer. Not only does he live in a stationary RV but he drives an old "cop car" complete with search lights and front bumper bar. He had been to this museum many times over the years as they changed their displays so he drove us into the city. Parking in metro LA is always a problem but the museum was attached to this very unusual parking tower.
The entrance to the parking area is to the right in the above photo and below is Duncan trying to tell me not to take his picture using sign language.
The museum had a special display of Porsche cars as they evolved over the years as well as some of their race cars.
They also had a wonderful display of unusual custom motorcycles. Below is the Honda "step through" that spawned the advertising tag line, "You meet the nicest people on a Honda".
Here is a 1915 Ford. Henry Ford, the man who created the assembly line production technique, used to say you can have any color as long as it's black.
We covered the three-story exhibit in a couple of hours and now it was lunchtime. Duncan had promised to take me to one of his favourite restaurants for their famous fish tacos. The place was packed so we ordered three apiece and drove back to my trailer to dine in air-conditioned peace.
Our afternoon project was to install a new water heater on Duncan's trailer. He had been without hot water for a month or so and he was excited to have my technical expertise to install it. Like so many projects I had no previous experience and the unit came with no instructions. Duncan was needing a nap so he asked me to look it over, make a list of things to buy and to wake him when I was ready to go to Lowe's Hardware.
The project was difficult but by the dinner hour, I had successfully installed both hot and cold water lines, propane gas line and the electrical power to the unit. All that remained were four low voltage wires and a new switch and I could not figure out with any certainty where they were meant to go. We decided to quit for the day and approach the project with fresh eyes in the morning.
Duncan created another gastronomic masterpiece for dinner and we whiled away the evening with more storytelling.
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