100 Years Old and New Every Day: A Century of Memories at Memorial Park with More on the Way
Rita Peppers was suddenly a kid again. Memorial Park does that.
“Me and my friend would go down to where the hollow log is. That would be our hangout,” she said as the summer sun filtered through tall redwoods down to a picnic table the 66-year-old shared with her husband, Barry, and their grandchildren, Carson, 4, and Nathan, 9 months old.
The memories flashed back: “Swimming in the creek with the ice-cold water that would go through my bones but we’d still play in it. The movies. Hanging out at that hollow log. I have to say that hollow log left an emphasis on me.”
Not far from where the Peppers enjoyed lunch (raspberries, watermelon and PB&J), about 250 people gathered Thursday to celebrate the park’s 100th anniversary.