Pat in San Leandro, Easter week, 1971

Pat is carrying his clothes back to the Mustang when we left.  The house just off to the left of the photograph is Jean and Lloyd's house. 

We stopped for lunch on the way back to Los Angeles.  Either driving to or from the Bay Area, we stopped at the gas station at the Madonna Inn.  Guys were coming back from the restroom laughing.  We discovered why.  The urinal was a large hole in the floor where anyone who had to go stood around and peed in communion with others.

I graduated in December of 1971, but Pat finished in June.  He had been saving his money from working part time at the post office for a trip to Europe.  When he got there, he bought a VM van and toured extensively.  Eventually, he got a job working the lighting for an Ice Capades show touring Europe.  He was able to stay several more months than he'd planned with the unexpected income.

I sent him letters with newspaper articles to keep him informed as to what was happening while he was gone.  When he returned, he applied as Dennis Madura, a friend from East LAJC, and I had in the summer of 1972, when the airlines began to hire men as flight attendants.  While neither Dennis nor I got hired by Continental Airlines or TWA, Pat was hired by TWA almost immediately. 

One of his letters to me after he'd finished training and begun working on their International routes was that he really loved his job since he could see even more of Europe than he already had.

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