I, like many others, got away from the traffic and the crowds and liked it. There was so much public land for camping or recreation, and my family wanted to stay here.

The good news was that it brought additional jobs and families to the area, and it certainly made Fallon more recognizable. They brought the military's most famous training school to Fallon. It's a wonderful resource and asset.

It was different for a lot of people in the Navy. A lot of people were comfortable living in California. Initially, the transition was rather difficult. But then that was overcome when the generations that had to move were gone. Now, the new young warriors and their families are used to this system and many of them stay.

I didn't want him around the bad crowds.

All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded to the sounds that ring out, to the fans chanting your name, even when there are only four or five thousand in the stands on a Wednesday afternoon.

The future belongs to crowds