During the Christmas holiday we took the boys to California for a trip. We knew it would be the last year we would be able to go as a family. We didn’t know Steve wouldn’t go with us until the morning we left. We opened our presents Christmas morning and went to Jess’s folks for dinner and then drove to Nephi, Utah. Electricity was cheap and most of the homes and towns were brightly lit. There weren’t any freeways so we drove right down main street, of every town. Even in Salt Lake City, the main traffic went down second west. The lights were gorgeous.
The second night we stayed at Carol’s in Nevada and then to Jess’s sister Genny in Los Angeles. Genny was wonderful, the Sutton girls had learned hospitality from their mother. They are gracious and have a way of making you feel at home. Genny’s husband wasn’t working and he took us everywhere. The highlight of the trip was Disney Land. Jess and I were kids again for a day. When we were on one of the rides we looked down and saw the Seth Ricks family. Lee and Heddy had been dating for a year. Needless to say Lee and Heddy took off and we didn’t see them again, until it was time to go home.
We went to Marine Land and Lee tried surf riding, in the ocean near El Segundo, where I grew up. Lee tried riding a skate board. That is the first time I had ever seen one. One day we went across the border to Tijuana, Mexico. We didn’t stay there long.
Kent would be starting first grade the next year. I had brought plenty of work books for him to do, while we raveled. Heedless to say he did his school work, under a great deal of protest.
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