Local man-about-town, husband and dad, and all around good guy Rob Adams is profiled in a piece in the San Mateo County Times about his long history of driving on highway 101.  I know Big Rob and consider him a great friend.  He's a proud owner of a "new" 1974 muscle car and here are pieces of his life story on 101.  Please click through to read the whole thing at the Times:

In August 1962, my family moved from Connecticut to California. My first memory of California was driving from SFO to the San Antonio Road exit and up to Fremont Avenue: orchards, farmland and wide-open spaces. My, how things have changed in 48 years!

When Rob's hands got on his own wheel, he recalls

I got my license in 1973 and would drive my dad to the airport on Monday morning and head on back to St. Francis High School in Mountain View. Just 40 minutes round-trip. I don't ever remember being in a traffic jam. When I was in college at Santa Clara, we were surrounded by fruit canneries.

And in B'game he recalls

It's-It and Western Exterminator signs (still there) in Burlingame. Peninsular, not Peninsula, Avenue in Burlingame.

I have been meaning to get a photo of the Exterminator and this is my reminder.  When I get it, I will add it to this post.  Thanks for the living history, Rob!

Here's the Exterminator–one of only two in the state for this company that dates back to 1921.