Back in the SUV, “Nancy, any idea what that was written on the map?”
RLS
1883
TI#3
HP
“I think 1883 looks like a year.”
“I agree, and the first three could be initials, not sure on TI#3, but HP may be Hewlett Packard.”
“Dad, let’s google RLS 1883 and see what comes up?”
“Great idea, but how are we going to Google, the library is closed and I don’t think we want to head back to the house if someone is following us?”
“I sometimes forget you have amnesia, I still have your old smartphone, it doesn’t work as a phone, but if we can get on WiFi, we can use the Chrome to get on Google and search.”
“Great idea, any signal here?”
“Nope, but I see a hotel across the parking lot and when we went to Green Bay last year to see Lambeau Field, I was able to get on the Wi-Fi in the hotel parking lot without a password.”
“Excellent, I’ll just drive us over there.”
“Dad, looking good, I can connect, but it wants a room number and a last name.”
“Try, 123 and Smith.”
“Perfect that worked, let me put RLS and 1883 in Chrome. Dad, I think it worked, the whole page came up with references to Robert Louis Stevenson and it looks like 1883 is the year Treasure Island was published.”
“Could it be that easy, Treasure Island, as in that old Navy base just off the Bay Bridge between Oakland and San Francisco?”
“Dad, I think you are correct, I bet TI#3 is one of the sports fields. Last summer when I played softball, we had a tournament on Treasure Island and all of the fields are identified as TI#1, TI#2, TI#3 etc. I’ll bring up google maps and we can check it out.”
“Nancy, I see it right near the Rugby Field, looks like it is on the corner of 9th Street and Avenue H. Can you put that in the GPS?”
“Sure, and I think I know what HP is: Home Plate.”
“I think you’re right, let’s head to Treasure Island and see what is at Home Plate.”
“Excellent, Looks like about 40 minutes on Interstate 880.”
“Atomic Batteries to Power! Turbines to Speed!”
“Dad, this is not the Batmobile and I am pretty sure you are not Batman, besides would you even remember if your were Batman?”
“Fine, as long as we can both agree Batman will always better than Iron man.”
“Yes dad, I know DC over Marvel, I’ve heard it a million times.”
“Batman is classic literature, and Iron man is a just a cheap knock off made by Marvel to ride the coattails of Batman and the rest of the Justice League.”
“All right, all right, just don’t let my brother hear that or he will never forgive you.”
“Yes, yes, just our little secret, it’s not like I would write it down and pawn it off in some dialogue with someone not named Sally.”