House Hunting-A Seven-year-old's Memories

Lynda vividly recalls the first time she saw what would become her home at 4071 Eagle St.

"After living in Linda Vista for a short while, I was able to go with Mom and Dad to look for a new house for our family.  I felt very special to be included.  I remember the first time we went to 4071 Eagle St.  It was so beautiful!  It had modern Venetian blinds on the windows.

Living Room

 Glass doors separated the living room from the dining room, which had china and crystal glasses in the built-in cabinets.  Everything was so clean and in a proper place.

Dining Room "I use it for my office"

The kitchen was so big!  There was a dining area with seating like you would see at a 50's style diner.  (After they moved in, this eating area was removed and a washer and dryer were installed there.)  It had a very long counter that ran the length of the room; underneath the counter there were bins for flour and sugar.  There were cabinets and cupboards everywhere.

There was a little laundry room that had two big deep laundry tubs (which were used later on to wash toddlers, and as a darkroom for Dad)  There was room for the wringer washer that we had for awhile.

Walking down the hallway, I remember seeing pictures on the wall of young children with bows and arrows.

There were three bedrooms and one bathroom, and that bathroom seemed so big to me as a young child.

The third bedroom had windows on two walls and the home owners had rattan furniture in it.  They called it the sun room, and it looked like it should be in the movies.  That bedroom had a door that took you to the patio, which was very large and overlooked the canyon.

Sun Room

The basement was small and creepy and is the source of many stories all on its own.

Mom and Dad also loved the house on Eagle Street, and they bought it.  Now for the real story about Warriner's crack:

It was moving day!  We were leaving our rented house in Linda Vista.  Mom and Dad rented a U-Haul type of open trailer.  Susan and I got to come along to take the first load to the new house.  We were going up Juan Street hill and the trailer came off the hitch and rolled into a house.  The people in the house were quite upset and we were all scared, because this was the second time we had a calamity with a trailer!  Since we were little kids, we don't really know anything about the settlement process, but one thing is for sure--the wall was never repaired."


So, there really is a Warriner's Crack.  But it was not caused by the house trailer.  It was caused by the U-Haul!  This makes much more sense, because it seemed like really bad judgment for them to attempt to climb that steep hill with a huge house trailer, and that tight curve at the top of the hill would have probably been impossible to navigate. This is a much more believable explanation!
Thanks for an eye-witness report on this Family Legend, Lynda!

And don't these old photos completely illustrate Lynda's childhood memory of their new house?  Amazing recall!