The Pines

Have you ever gone to a place from your past that brings back nostalgic memories? I spent a part of my childhood growing up in a neighborhood called The Pines in Milpitas. It was the 70's. We moved there when I was around 5. I went to Kindergarten through 4th grade at the neighborhood school - Pearl Zanker Elementary.

We lived on Sunrise Way. The street led up to a hilly park that had a curved path ending up at the school. It was a fun time. We rode our bikes there over and around the hilly mounds. We had kite fights at the park. There was even an old rocket at one of the playgrounds.

On the way home last night, it was still light out when I picked up Max, so I wanted to take him somewhere where he could run around and let loose. The Pines was sort of on the way home so we stopped there and he went wild. He climbed and ran and even wanted to play tag with the older kids. The slides there were really tall and fast so I went down with him and he loved it. As Dad would say... "Oh he lob it".