California Trip

I had a fun time in California this past week.  Here are some pictures from the trip (captions describe each picture):

Beautiful sunset over Tehachapi, CA

Beautiful sunset over Tehachapi, CA

View from Mom's back yard

View from Mom’s back yard

Mom's house, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Mom’s house, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Mom's house, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Mom’s house, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Mom's house, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Mom’s house, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Mom's house, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Mom’s house, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Mom's house, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Mom’s house, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Mom's house, Tehachapi, CA, 2015 (front yard)

Mom’s house, Tehachapi, CA, 2015 (front yard)

Inside mom's house, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Inside mom’s house, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Carvings at lake park, Techachapi, CA, 2015

Carvings at lake park, Techachapi, CA, 2015

Carvings at lake park, Techachapi, CA, 2015

Carvings at lake park, Techachapi, CA, 2015

Carvings at lake park, Techachapi, CA, 2015

Carvings at lake park, Techachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Migrant workers in the fields, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Migrant workers in the fields, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Cattle roundup, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Cattle roundup, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Betty and Barb, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Betty and Barb, Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

Scenery around Tehachapi, CA, 2015

We had a delicious lunch here

We had a delicious lunch here

You say "patatoes" I say "potatoes"

You say “patatoes” I say “potatoes”

On the way back to LAX, I made a detour and visited La Canada (now called La Canada Flintridge) for the first time in decades.  I think the most striking thing I found was how all of the trees in town were 50 years older than when we lived there!  La Canada Flintridge is now the 17th most affluent community in the United States.  The median price of a home there is over 1.3 million dollars.  The high school is still excellent, having been named the top high school in California several years ago.  Foothill Blvd, the main drag in town, has completely changed.  It’s now a 2-mile long strip of high end botique stores.  The high school looked about the same, still a quarter mile from JPL and across the street from Oak Grove Park, and a nice campus, although there are more buildings than there used to be.

Our old house on Crown Ave., La Canada Flintridge, CA.  We lived there 1959-1962.  I helped plant the oak tree in the foreground in 1959.  It was a stick about 3 feet tall when we planted it.  The house has been completely remodeled and bears no resemblance to ours.

Our old house on Crown Ave., La Canada Flintridge, CA. We lived there 1959-1962. I helped plant the oak tree in the foreground in 1959. It was a stick about 3 feet tall when we planted it. The house has been completely remodeled and bears no resemblance to ours.

Our house from the 60s, Georgian Rd., La Canada Flintridge, CA.  We lived there 1962-1968.  You can barely see the house from the street.  There used to be a large oak tree in front of the house, but it must have died and been removed.

Our house from the 60s, Georgian Rd., La Canada Flintridge, CA. We lived there 1962-1968. You can barely see the house from the street. There used to be a large oak tree in front of the house, but it must have died and been removed.

This was the first building at LCHS.  It opened in 1963.  When it opened, I was a junior and there were no seniors.  We were the first graduating class in 1965.  While we were in this building when the school opened, the rest of the campus was still under construction.  It wasn't completed until my senior year.

This was the first building at LCHS. It opened in 1963. When it opened, I was a junior and there were no seniors. We were the first graduating class in 1965. While we were in this building when the school opened, the rest of the campus was still under construction. It wasn’t completed until my senior year.

Sign across from La Canada High School at the entrance to JPL

Sign across from La Canada High School at the entrance to JPL