Father's Day, 2006

My son and I enjoying fathers day 2006 together.

Scott

A loving Mom,1973

Our family and a neighobr named Gail drove to the Boardwalk from Pacifica for a day of fun and sun.  We found the perfect spot on the beach and sunbathed, ate, rode rides and napped in the late hours of the day on our beach towel.

As we returned to Pacifica, Gail suddenly realized that she had lost her retainer. She remembered that she had wrapped it in a napkin on the beach and that it had probably been thrown away. At that time, retainers for children's teeth were very expensive and Gail came from a very poor family.

My mother dropped the kids off, turned around and drove 45 miles back to the Boardwalk, in the middle of the night.  She brought a flashlight and some garbage bags.  She walked along the beach and tried to approximate where we had been sitting.   She emptied trash can after trash can into bags, sifting through the weekend garbage: old sandwiches, half-eaten cotton-candy, wet and sticky left-overs.  After doing this for over an hour, she FOUND the retainer.  She wrapped it up safely in a clean, soft tissue and drove home.

I will never forget this story.  Now that I am 45, I reflect back on it and think about what I would do for my children or their friends at a time like this.  Once I ran into Gail who now lives in Sacramento, CA.  One of the first things I said to her was "remember the Boardwalk retainer story?" and she did.

Kelly Wachs

Years of Fun, 1964

I remember my parents loading us 5 kids in the station wagon with jugs of water (for an over-heating car) to make the trip over Highway 17 to the Boardwalk. The Cave Train was my Mom and Dad's favorite. They would laugh and laugh at those cave people. Us kids loved the Fun House. I remember racing to get to the center of the disc and once I was about 5 and I was the last one to fall off, I really felt like I was something. We didnt make the trip often but when we did we stayed until late into the night, eating the best corndogs ever for lunch and dinner! (I have yet to find a better corndog).

Years later I am still building memories. Now in my 50's my girlfiends from high school visit and we sometimes head to the Boardwalk and ride the Big Dipper for a good laugh! And when the grandkids come, they ride the rides and eat corndogs all day long!

Kathy