Heading down a lonely Texas highway just after the end of World War II, drivers might have spotted something unusual – an Air Force training plane landing on the road then taxiing up to a gas station for a pit stop.

If there’s one thing Carl and Kay Thoresen want to hold on to in their new home at The Terraces of Los Gatos, it’s their privacy. They spent the last 30 years on 16 mountain acres with not a soul in sight except lots of forest friends.

For Carole Barrish, who has diabetes, the typical “one big meal” that retirement community dining rooms traditionally serve fits neither her lifestyle nor her health considerations. That’s just one reason Barrish is so excited about the introduction of the My Choice dining program at The Terraces of Los Gatos.