A Mile At A Time 109 // Templeton, CA

UPDATE: The Templeton Feed & Grain Building seen at 19:30, is no longer standing. It burnt down the night of July 4th, 2025.

THE HOMETOWN RUN! I was born at (in?) Twin Cities Hospital in Templeton, CA. I lived in the same house till I was 17 on Vineyard Dr (it's now Jada Winery). I always have a green Templeton Feed & Grain hat (which reminds me I need to get a new one).

In this run we make our way from way from Tin City, which as I was growing up was just a place where people stored stuff or sold tractors, all the way to Templeton High School, home of The Eagles, along the way you'll see all the major sites. The donut shop, McPhees, Templeton Feed & Grain, the park, and basically the entire public school system.

I used to skateboard down these streets. I ran cross country through this town. Every homecoming parade went right down Main Street (that's right, our main street is literally called Main St.) I wrote a stop motion animation about an old house in town that has since been torn down. I remember when the stop light went in. I am who I am, because my dad decided to buy land in North County San Luis Obispo. I'm very grateful for that decision and all the folks I got to know in Templeton when I was growing up.

Once I started #AMileAtATime, capturing Templeton was immediately on the list.
I definitely talk the most in this one, trying to play tour guide, but after watching it again, it's all a bit vague and light in the details.

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