Family

Back in my childhood years, my dad built all our toys by hand. He mounted a 5 horsepower, pull-start Briggs and Stratton engine on the go-cart frame he welded together.  The frame was lower than the axles to help keep it from turning over. The steering was dangerous and if you turned one way too…

In the mid 1950’s my maternal grandparents bought 22 acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains which included a portion of Soquel Creek.  They built a split-level one bedroom, one bath home on the steep slope facing the Creek.  I can’t even imagine what the property is worth today!  Up the hill was a slightly more…