Lakewood Circle, Walnut Creek, Ca November 23

I grew up in Walnut Creek. Judy, John and I went over there yesterday. We saw downtown,the park, the Kaiser hospital(the very first Kaiser Hospital in the 1950s. Gerhart was born there), our old neighborhood and house, Indian Valley Elementary school, where Jerry and I went to school and the open space around the area, which was a ranch when we lived there. We played in the ranch hills growing up. Downtown, Kaiser and our old house had changed beyond recognition, but most of the rest looked pretty much the same. These photos will probably bore anyone to death who had never been there. Sorry.

 We lived at 465 Lakewood circle. Judy is standing at the end of what was our driveway. There was no gate, no fancy stonework,  and there was a sloping hill with a lemon tree up to the house ., which was much smaller.

More of the front, and up the driveway that used to go to a garage, now is a separate address. 456A. The oak tree in the back is original.

The neighbors houses, the Boeros and the Charonets houses. Pretty much the same. :Maxines nice yard is gone.

Above is the gully across the street we played in. It seems to have shrunk to half the size, and Lakewood road, with out yard on the right.

Daddys cement retaining wall and the end of Lakewood lake.