Hillsboro... 50 years ago.

This could not go unblogged. Growing up we always new where the slides were at my grandma's house. There were boxes, upon boxes of them. And occasionally we would convince my dad, uncle, or grandma to let us see them. They would get out the screen and choose some slides and away we go. The slides cover everything from camping trips to birthdays, and even include my dad's first and only trip to Disneyland when he was a kid. To put that into perspective, the castle still had scafolding on it as it wasn't finished yet.

When my uncle passed away I was given all the slides and my aunt is currently converting them to digtial images. Here are a couple for your enjoyment.

This awesome picture is me and my dad. Every birthday we went out to a special dinner, I believe this is from my kindergarten year. Things to note: my missing teeth, the olive dress my grandma made me that I loved, dad's bitchin' tie, and my favorite... the shag carpet.

The picture below is a view from the front yard of my dad's childhood home. Why is this significant? Glad you asked. See that road that runs horizontal in the distance? That's TV highway. And that field on the left is now the Esplanade. And if you were to stand where his bedroom used to be you would be standing in the home section of Bi-Mart.


Unbeleivable how much things have changed in 50 years.