Our first move was into an old house in on Avilla Street in El Cerrito that had been turned into two “flats.”The bathtub was so short we had to draw up our knees to sit in it. At $12.50 a week we didn’t want to stay long.
Thanks to John’s GI Bill and $350.00 of his savings bonds (+ $10,000 @ $68. p/mo) we were able to purchase a house in Castlewood Gardens in the foothills of eastern Vallejo which we watched grow from a field of hay to a bustling community of several hundred homes. We drove 25 miles every night after work to count the 2x4's and nails put in each day then drove home again to our dinky apartment in El Cerrito. We were so sentimental!
John planted the lawn after digging the whole front yard up with a shovel then he had to mow it when it grew with his new push mower, the only one in the world that had been shipped without a handle!
Thanks to John’s GI Bill and $350.00 of his savings bonds (+ $10,000 @ $68. p/mo) we were able to purchase a house in Castlewood Gardens in the foothills of eastern Vallejo which we watched grow from a field of hay to a bustling community of several hundred homes. We drove 25 miles every night after work to count the 2x4's and nails put in each day then drove home again to our dinky apartment in El Cerrito. We were so sentimental!
John planted the lawn after digging the whole front yard up with a shovel then he had to mow it when it grew with his new push mower, the only one in the world that had been shipped without a handle!
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