Employed 7 part 3

Arriving in Oakland, we stopped first at Mills College so Dulce could check for

messages; her dad had submitted bids to supply a bunch of sedans and 

pickups to the State of Nevada, and lf any of his bids won, he said she and l could earn some extra bucks delivering cars to Carson City. Learning that the deal was on, she called her dad and he told her we should be there, ready

to move cars in four days (Dec 18,'56). We had been heading for the Oakland

railway station so l could return to Elko county and spend some time visiting

family and friends  ( mostly, my mom, whom l hadn't seen since just after basic training) and wait for Dulce to come home for Winter break.

But Dulce wanted us to spend three of those four days in the North Bay. She was particularly moved by the redwoods and some of the towns in which they grew, Hopland, Healdsburg, Calistoga and Cotati, among them. So we decided on what would be 3beautlful days. But first, we took a motel room and got back to the serious business of producing a son. l'll explain: On the very first time that we triple-dated in the big Buick, the girls had been comparing

their desires as they related to motherhood:This one wanted to postpone

motherhood 'til after grad school. That one wasn't sure she wanted to be a mother...ever. Dulce, sitting on my lap at the time. said "l want a son and l

want him soon". l said nothing but couldn't help thinking that she was inviting

me to contribute what l could to the project. My classmate and driver of the

Buick,Bill, whose folks were away for the weekend,made up their bed for our use. (Bill and l are still friends and l still revere him, but l've never been able to repay his consideration and action as a friend.

ln the following three days we spent little time outdoors among the redwoods, owing to the task before us. With very little sexual experience out-

side brothels,l  learned very early:to avoid pregnancies and venereal diseases it's best to patronize established,licensed,county-inspected brothels. Dad and l had a talk on this subject when l was about 15. He said that when he was in high school a fellow student had impregnated a girl and then left town, joined

the Navy and never looked back. The girl used a double-edge razor blade to

open a vessel jn her neck. She died. Nobody there ever saw the sailor again.

Dad recommend that l continue as before and even said that should l find  

myself in need,but out of money, he'd loan some.

The next day we drove to Santa Rosa "Gateway to the Redwood Empire" and

checked into a motel just after lunch. On the last of our three days we stayed

ln the same motel in Santa Rosa as the night before and only left the room

for a late lunch and a later dinner.Early in the morning of the fourth day we checked out and got on the road to Nevada. Arriving at Dulce's home in time

for a late dinner with her mom and dad, during which her dad gave us the 

details of the driving we would do in the next few days. All of the cars and

pickups had been moved by December 23. Dulce and l spent the rest of our

winter break together for almost all of the time. l caught the train to points East on Jan2,'57. l was in my old room at the Manger Hotel by Jan6.