Santa Maria 1965 1966
We moved to Santa Maria when Daddy started working at Vandenberg AFB in 1965. The two years we lived there were some kind of magic for all of us. It was definitely Mom's favorite place we lived. All her life she reminisced about the 70 degree year round weather although I don't think that was quite accurate. The boys and I had friends there that we remembered forever. We lived in a three bedroom little house at 503 E. Grant Street. The front yard was a garden and there were flowers growing all around the edges of the fenced back yard. On the west side of the back yard next to the house there was a sand pit about 8 × 4 feet that went as deep as we could dig. There was a double garage to the left of the front of the house. Along the north wall Daddy had a work area where he tinkered with different hobbies and invented and built things. He made Herbert a computer that could answer Yes and No questions, and this was way before most people had even heard of a computer. He also made ...