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Lakewood CaliforniaFacts About HistoryBaby Boomer GenerationBoomer GenerationOld Los AngelesBaby Boomers GenerationCa HistoryRick StevesVintage HistorySouthern California Revisited: Lakewood High 50th ReunionClass of 1959 -- 50 years ago What are they like now? Will they remember me? I wonder what my old neighborhoods look like? After 5 hours' drive from our Mad River home to Sacramento, we fly to Long Beach International on Jet Blue (a first for us--it was super!) And the airport had a charm all its own. I loved that it was small. Reconnecting That evening at the hotel a few of us chanced to meet in the lobby and were hard-pressed to recognize one another. So here is what my cohorts look like…90
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