We would make a bonfire and have a pick-nik. Spash around in the water. Didn't have to worry about pollution, the water was so clear.
2007-10-28 01:04:17 · 20 answers · asked by Livelife 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
yes and miss it so
2007-10-28 01:06:50 · answer #1 · answered by fayem7 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My parents had a river cottage before I was born, so all of my summers were spent at the river. It's on the Rappahannock River. I got married and had children. We found our own little cottage(since we were out growing my parent's place) about 3 blocks from my parent's. Today we still have both cottages. They don't get the use they once did. The children still use it as much as they can. I don't find the pleasure in it, as I once did. For me it was all about the children(kinda like Christmas:-) We all grew up water skiing before we were 10 and crabbing with chicken necks off the pier. I could bait my own hook with blood worms when I was just a little thing. In my family, you couldn't go fishing, unless you could bait your own hook and remove your own fish. We would have bon fires during the summer. Everyone would come down to the beach and bring hot dogs or marshmallows. Couple of us would have guitars. I think they Olivia and John said it best, "Summer Days, drifting away, but oh those summer nights"....The place still holds a lot of fond memories for me.
2007-10-28 08:23:49 · answer #2 · answered by janice 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The park that is adjacent to the ravine area where I live, still has a few bonfire pits close to the river. I haven't seen anyone use them in years, because they now close the park at sunset. But they used to be great gathering places for us teens for some innocent fun--and it WAS innocent--at least close to the bonfire itself. What those couples were doing who wandered off into the woods, is anybody's guess! :)
2007-10-28 12:32:16 · answer #3 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We had a creek running around the side and back of our property when I was a wee lass. It was just inside the woods line. It was maybe 5 feet wide at its widest point, and it definitely was NOT clear. I remember jumping in it once and slicing clear across my foot on a broken bottle.
I also remember running around to the FRONT of the house to my Mom, and she scolded me for bleeding on her rug, and why didn't I use the back door? I don't know if I had stitches or not, but I still have a scar across the arch of my foot.
2007-10-28 10:20:55 · answer #4 · answered by felines 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We used to swim off the Bayou in Lafitte. The water was fairly clean and shallow near the shore. Couldn't swim in the canals or the Mississippi, though. Too much cr@p coming down from Chicago and St. Louis.
2007-10-28 11:24:14 · answer #5 · answered by 2jaxx 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was kid, around 7 or 8, we lived in N.C. where my Dad was teaching military science at a college. There was a creek not far from our house where the neighborhood kids [mostly boys] and I would go down to and catch tadpoles. I never got into it - don't even remember how deep it may have been. Wasn't supposed to even be there!
2007-10-28 11:06:41 · answer #6 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we had bicycle trails we could ride along the river plus there was a railroad tressel that we use to walk out on and sit and look at the river. Our parents would have grounded us for life over that. But, those were the days!
2007-10-28 10:58:45 · answer #7 · answered by Harley Lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep....around here was the quarries for the most part. Nice big rock to jump off and grab the rope to swing out to the crystal clear water. Always got kicked out....but you enjoyed it as much as you could. The police were pretty nice about it though.....hot summers...nothing much else to do....atleast we weren't drunk and causing trouble. We didn't have public pools and only the ultra rich had their own.
2007-10-28 13:29:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That was the good ole days that is for sure. After we made our bonfire we would roast wieners and marshmallows. Have fun fishing and swimming. It was a blast.
2007-10-28 10:38:13 · answer #9 · answered by SapphireB 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For picnics, or when doing up hay we'd go skinny dippin at lunch time -- man that cold water was refreshing on a hot summer day.
2007-10-28 13:46:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I grew up in Southern Oregon, in the Rogue River Valley. Mountains, rivers and creeks are still the topography of that Valley.
We swam, camped and played in all of them. Interestingly, one of our favorites then is still there, undeveloped, hard to get to, and you can still skinny-dip without fear of being seen.
2007-10-28 13:05:29 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋