Vernon Godwyn:
CLASS OF 1968
Highlands High SchoolClass of 1968
North highlands, CA
Vernon's Story
After leaving hig school I attened UC Berkeley where I spent a lot of time protestng the vietnam War and eating tear gas. I received a degree in Fine Art and briefly taught in the art department. . During my summers and after college i worked for the Federal Highway Admistration surverying and builidng roads in national parks and Indian reservations west of the Rockies.iI spent five winters traveling around Mexico, the last one with my future wife. . After a few years on the road I met my wife of thirty years, Cindy. We lived in Santa Rosa and Sacramento wher i worked in private construciton mostly builidng and designing restaurants. During this time we had three chidren. Twenty three years ago I went to work for the City of Napa in the Public Works Departm...Expand for more
ent as an iinspector. This is the job I hold today.We are working on a complete rebuild of downtown Napa tha tis very exciting, a $400 million odllar flood control project, arge hotels, incouding the Ritxz Carlton and lots of wine stuff. The kids are grown and out of college. We live in the beautiful Napa Valley one mile from work. Our time is filled with art, gardening, music, fine food and wine, and travel. Our most exciting trip was month in Thailand where we met or son Andy who had been exploring southeast Asia for a year solo. Thailand was a life changing experience. Our oldest son is headed for Katmandu in a couple of months. We have just celebrated our 30th anniversary and thankfully have our good health. Love, peace and happiness are loftly goals.
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