Thousand Oaks, California

I first met Linda at a party in Thousand Oaks, California.  I was in the Navy, stationed at a submarine base in San Diego and Linda was in her senior year at California Lutheran College.  Linda's father had been transferred to Moorpark and they had a home built in Thousand Oaks.

This world was all new to me.  Suburbs of Los Angeles were popping up all around LA and each one became a new town.  EVERYTHING was new.  Linda lived just off the exit of the Ventura Highway, famous in song by the group America.

Where Linda lived was once the ranch of Joel McCrea, famous cowboy and motion picture star.  Walter Brennen owned an adjoining ranch and in 1971 there was still an abundance of wide open spaces.  

Hollywood took advantage of this area and most of the westerns, TV and Movies were filmed on the ranches surrounding Los Angeles and the old sets of buildings still stood in Thousand Oaks and other towns. 



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