When my family first moved to the springs in 1967, we lived in the Brookwood Subdivision. The only thing I can remember between hour home and Rustic Hills was a small area where the road divided (two lanes each way) for a short while in front of Vista Grande.
It seemed like forever to drive from our home to Rustic Hills. We had to get gas from the Phillips 66 station on the corner.
Academy National Bank was there and a few other tings like the McDonald's in which I worked for many years starting in 1969 at 90 cents an hour. Rustic Hills did not have the side completed that had Furrs in it yet. I remember Dipper Dan Ice Cream, The Lions Den bar, Radio shack and 7-11 at the end by San Miguel.
I went to school at Air Acedemy High School and it was a long way in the other direction for school. Later I went to Mitchell and graduated from Mitchell in 1969.
It was the place to be on that end of time.
My goal is to return to retire in the springs in the next ten years.
