One of the exciting things we used to see at Yosemite, years ago when I was a kid, was the “firefall”. This happened every night at 9PM, when they shoved burning embers over a cliff in the distance, and it looked like a flaming waterfall from the valley below. It was something my brother Fred […]
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Tom was an avid camper, and one of his favorite destinations was Yosemite. He took his family there often. Although Tom and I never went to Yosemite together, we did camp at other places when he was little. Interestingly enough, Yosemite was a favorite spot where my own dad (Tom’s grandpa Philip Marton) took me and my brother […]
Tom enjoyed taking drives and hikes in the Camino Cielo area — for example, the Snyder Trail near Knapp’s Castle was one he hiked and introduced me to. One of my favorite memories is a drive Tom and I took in 1995 or so, along the entire length of West Camino Cielo, from Highway 154 […]
After graduating from college, Tom eventually moved to Santa Barbara. He lived initially in a very small apartment on De La Vina and later moved to East Carrillo Street not far from State Street. After getting married, he and his wife lived in the apartment on East Carrillo for a while, then bought a home in […]
Tommy spent most of his childhood living in Santa Monica, and he became very familiar with the entire Los Angeles area. He also spent quite a bit of time in Venice visiting his grandparents (my mom and stepdad) when they lived there and in Marina del Rey. When Tommy was about 14 years old or so, […]
memories of tommy 