Merv Adams
Merv Adams
ears hear reach start
He'll reach up and take one of those big old floppy ears and he'll say, 'I can't hear you,' and they'll start that all over again.
somebody stress talk trust
One of the things that we stress is never talk to a stranger. We tell them, 'Run away and tell your teacher, tell your mother, somebody you can trust. Always trust a policeman.
designed heard impressed lighthouse ocean pacific pools tide touch
This is the only lighthouse we've ever read about or heard about that has tide pools designed for the handicapped, where you can actually take a wheelchair, go down ramps and go into the Pacific Ocean and touch the urchins and the starfish. That really impressed us.
bay california francisco half lighthouse moon northern oregon san south start wife
We were going to start south of San Francisco in Half Moon Bay and go see every lighthouse on the Northern California and Oregon coast. That was our (goal). My wife has always been kind of a lighthouse nut.
hear kids three
We get the kids involved. We'll tell them about three different times, 'Say no and shout,' and then we say, 'Ah, we can't hear you?' and they do it again.
commitment work
We always had to work on Saturdays and Sundays. That was our commitment to them.