Going for a Sunday drive
Parkways were built in urban areas so we could take pleasant, leisurely family drives while enjoying park-like scenery. When's the last time you recall doing this?
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I too, recall that "going for a drive" was an activity unto itself. The eight of us would pile into the station wagon and usually head to the local arboretum. Many families in our area did the same.
I suspect that most kids today would be bored out of their minds or would be tuned into a movie playing on the car's DVD player. It's a shame that these days more folks don't enjoy the simple pleasures.
Aaaah Yeah! And if we were lucky - dad would pull into an A&W where the car-hop brought us a "frosty mug" of root beer. Remember those child size mugs?
When I was a kid "going for a ride" was an activity unto itself. It didn't necessarily have anything to do with arriving at a destination. My mom would say to my dad, "Let's go for a ride". I'd sit in the back seat of our 1947 Plymouth and stare out of the back window as the scenery whizzed by. The white noise of the wind rushing by the open windows competed with the thin sound of some obscure big band playing through the AM radio. Occasionally the faint aroma of skunk or wet tar or the dreaded farm would color the experience. Thanks for the memory.
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I suspect that most kids today would be bored out of their minds or would be tuned into a movie playing on the car's DVD player. It's a shame that these days more folks don't enjoy the simple pleasures.
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