I had a GREAT session at WA2HOM this afternoon:  As I was setting up the radio, two 9-year old girls looked over the corral wall to ask me what I was doing.  I told them I was going to talk on a shortwave radio and would they like to join me.  They came down and I phoned my friend Denis WA5TYJ in New Mexico to give me call me on 20 meters.

Conditions were really good and the girls and Denis chatted for around 40 minutes about Anasazi pueblo ruins, giant lava-tubes, Indian re-settlement policies in the 19 century, whether Denis spoke Spanish to his neighbors in San Raphael, and did Denis know he looked like a Southwest sheriff.  I had posted Denis’ QRZ entry for the girls to see during the QSO–this is what prompted the comment about his mustachio!  The girls giggled their questions to Denis and their mother observed the proceedings smiling the whole time; Denis said he really enjoyed talking to our young museum goers–all in all, a perfect WA2HOM moment!

The next group was a father and his two kids visiting from Namibia…