Palo Alto Hills

I'm surprised only El Camino, Downtown Los Altos, and California Ave. were mentioned in reference to shopping locations. My parents lived in Palo Alto Hills for many years and did a lot of grocery shopping in Ladera - a nice drive down Page Mill Road and then a left on Old Arastradero Road to Alpine Road - often a better alternative to sitting in traffic on Foothill Expressway or Page Mill Road between 280 and El Camino.

Mee again... just remembering all the fun I had living in PAH on Alexis Drive back in the late 70s early 80s when I was in High School (Paly). Kids would slide down the golf course hills at night on ice blocks, usually on hot summer nights. It was fun sliding down but not so fun hauling the ice block back up the hill, lol. I think kids would probably be arrested for ice sliding today.

It was great having a golf course in our back yard - like having an enormous lawn that we didn't have to take care of. My parents didn't golf but enjoyed taking walks on the greens in the evenings. Our dog loved the duck pond and sand traps. I'm not sure if it's allowed now (probably wasn't then, but nobody seemed to mind), but back then the neighbors would walk their dogs on the golf course in the evening, after the golfers had finished. It was a good time to chat with the neighbors.

I had two friends (I hope they're reading this) who invented a game called goker - sort of like playing soccer with a golf ball on the golf course. One of the rules of goker was that it could only be played in the rain. When it rained I would look out the kitchen window to see if my goker pals were playing, and run up the grassy hill in the rain to join them or just watch. Ah... the good old days :)

One last thing...when you live next to a golf course you need to watch for flying golfballs. I had several near misses in our back yard, and once a golf ball came crashing through my bathroom window when I was blow drying my hair. Yikes!