Sunny San Diego

"Green" is everywhere these days.  There are constant reminders for us to remember to make a difference with our planet.  It is in the news.  You hear about it in politics, particularly now with an election year.  Fashion has green clothing, or green shoes.  Technology talks of being green.  It is on the internet.  It is literally in everything you do.  That's wonderful, but my Dad was making a difference over 40 years ago... and we thought he was crazy.

We moved to sunny San Diego, California in the 70's from Annapolis, Maryland.  The idea of fun in the sun was etched in our minds as we drove over 2000 miles to our new home.  We were young, and naturally whined having to leave our friends, go to a new school, and all the changes.  And when we got to San Diego and saw our new house we continued to complain until my Dad uttered two words that caught our attention:  the pool.  He said, "And we'll build a pool right in the backyard!"  Wait a minute.  Go back.  "We'll build a what?"  Needless to say there were no more complaints.

When my Dad got done it was fantastic!  He took us on a tour.  Showed us the deep end and the diving board, and the shallow end with the slide.  And on the hill behind the pool were giant grey panels.... really weird looking.  My Dad explained that they were solar generators and would heat the pool.  Yeah... we thought he had lost it.  He's completely gone wacky.  I was young... but still... I should have known better.  My Dad was an engineer and he was in sunny San Diego where the sun shines over 250 days a year!  My Dad was brilliant.  And he was green before green was cool.

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