Helen wrote a piece about nostalgia and childhood. About how she felt so old today, and only traces of her childhood came to her in bits and pieces and memories. Friday is a good day to look back. You look back on the week you had and the life you have lived. For me, my childhood is a blur of 80’s clothes and summer family vacations in a lime green Volkswagen campmobile.

One thing I miss is the trips to Santa Fe. School had just let out and my mom and dad packed up the van (they called it limehouse) and we loaded up the dog and set out at 55mph (remember they had set the speed limit on all interstates and highways back to 55 in the 80s) across the state of Texas and through the middle of New Mexico until we reached Santa Fe, and the KOA - Ranchos de Santa Fe. You didn’t have to worry about getting too hot, because even in the middle of the summer there, the nights were in the 60’s. We’d hook up the power and water to our camp mobile and pop the top and set up for a couple days to a week of camping and relaxing in Santa Fe.

My first video game I ever played a lot was at this place, Ranchos de Santa Fe. They had a game room for the kids and they had the game that many of you probably remember: Galaga. Every year I’d come here and play that same machine, over and over again until one day I finally had the high score on the machine. The next year I would come back and that high score was still there. The kids would look at it and say “I wonder who did that?” I’d smile and say, that’s me. Then I would play again, and beat my score.

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