The Mission Viejo Where I Grew Up
I love this picture! I have loved this spot since I was a little girl. It's actually about at the intersection of Mission Viejo and Laguna Niguel.....at the corner of La Paz and Moulton Pkwy. We used to drive down La Paz to this intersection to get to Laguna Beach, and even when I was in high school, when you got to this spot you couldn't see a single street light.
Mission Viejo is still beautiful. The manicured lawns and landscaped streets still sit in the shadow of Saddleback Mountain...but it's not the "country" that it was when I grew up. We were considered a farm town in many ways. We were 20 miles away from a supermarket or fast food. The Mission Viejo Company Headquarters actually had a small "market" in it's lobby for essentials; milk, diapers, bread, peanut butter.
We used to roam these hills all day long in the summers. I imagine anyone over 40 years old can say that about where they grew up. I learned to avoid snakes and trains....what were my parents thinking? No cell phones of course, we knew the time by the location of the sun in the sky.
I love Mission Viejo! I love how it's grown up and it's been a wonderful place to raise my kids. They grew up I a very different Mission Viejo...but as it grows and changes, it's soul has stayed the same.
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