Last month when I was visiting California, Jennifer and I were in the Simi Valley area. When Jennifer said Simi Valley, I immediately got excited. For those of you who don't know and are obviously living under a rock, I LOVE Little House on the Prairie (LHOTP for short) and LHOTP was filmed in Simi Valley! A few years ago, Simi Valley had a huge fire and destroyed the remaining set from the show. However, I was content to stroll around what would have been the dirt streets of Walnut Grove and run down a hillside.
This is exactly what I had in mind
We were able to find a map of the Big Sky Ranch area where it was filmed and started off to find it. While driving I was becoming more excited by the minute and also more anxious. It was getting dark and I was worried that my moment of fame and running down a hillside would be unable to be photographed. We followed a twisting road only to meet a dead end with a locked gate. I was so disappointed! I was grateful that Jennifer was so willing to try and make this nerdy, little dream come true.
I have watched Little House for as long as I can remember and somewhere in junior high and high school the obsession took full force. I recorded and collected episodes on VCR tapes until they started coming out with the seasons on DVDs! I would buy the set the minute they were released! I can name every episode and season it is in. I only need to watch about 5-20 seconds of it. You are probably wondering how I can put that skill to good use? I'm thinking a Trivial Pursuit game of Little House and I would beat the pants off of all of you! If anyone would play with me...
I have been excited to do a post on LHOTP for awhile and this was the perfect opportunity. I would also like one of these some day: A 1976 lunchbox with Thermos included!
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