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NNadir

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28. As a boy, my parents always took me camping in the Adirondacks; we lived on Long Island.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 03:49 PM

Jul 10

When my life really began again, when I married my wife, we'd often, sometimes on a lark, go up and down the coast of California, often to Big Sur - we lived a while in the LA beach cities and then San Diego - occasionally to Oregon, Washington State, Utah a few times - the National Parks - once in a while Yosemite or Kings Canyon, and one very memorable time about which we still laugh, to Lassen Peak National Park.

It was most often nominally camping - but my wife called it "carring" - living out of a car but sleeping in a tent. With her, it was always wonderful, that magic time alone, just the two of us, together.

Sigh...

Hotels are never as magical as that was.

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Did you every take a summer road trip with friends or familly? Where did you go. Back in the mid 1970's, my friend and [View all] debm55 Jul 10 OP

In the summer of 1968, a college buddy and I hitch hiked from Austin, TX to Florida and back. surfered Jul 10 #1

Thank you very much, surfered, for sharing that time in our history. debm55 Jul 10 #7

We took lots of summer vacations when I was growing up. Haggard Celine Jul 10 #2

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Haggard Celine. I like the mountains too. Texas was too hot for us. debm55 Jul 10 #8

3 family trips - 1969 and 1970s. Eugene Jul 10 #3

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Eugene. Glad you were able to avoid Hurricane Camille. debm55 Jul 10 #9

2 long family trips in the 60s hauckeye Jul 10 #4

Thank you for sharing with us. haucheye.🚗 debm55 Jul 10 #10

Summer of '69......... MyOwnPeace Jul 10 #5

Thank you very much for sharing your trip with us. Both trips were memorable.🚗 debm55 Jul 10 #11

I got my first real six string... flvegan Jul 10 #16

3 points to add: MyOwnPeace Jul 10 #22

Oklahoma gay texan Jul 10 #6

Thank you gay texan. At the time of my trip, Texas was experiencing a job boom. It was so hot. Glad you had a great time debm55 Jul 10 #12

Several times but 2 of them were/are my favorites wnylib Jul 10 #13

My parents True Dough Jul 10 #14

We went to Florida, camped in Canada, went to Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont TommieMommy Jul 10 #15

Disney. flvegan Jul 10 #17

Every year from age two weeks until age 16, mtairyguy Jul 10 #18

Every summer... OldBaldy1701E Jul 10 #19

We went to the UP of Michigan and Canada most summers, but also traveled to New England states and south sinkingfeeling Jul 10 #20

We went on lots of them Jilly_in_VA Jul 10 #21

Ferries are fun in the summer jgo Jul 10 #23

In the early 1970's ballardgirl Jul 10 #24

I went to Boston with my mom. My family went to Cape Cod, applegrove Jul 10 #25

Drove from NJ to Chicago & Wi IbogaProject Jul 10 #26

Several family trips - us kids in the back of the station wagon, Ocelot II Jul 10 #27

As a boy, my parents always took me camping in the Adirondacks; we lived on Long Island. NNadir Jul 10 #28

Disneyland from Omaha in 1956. OLDMDDEM Jul 10 #29

Yes. Every couple years oberle Jul 10 #30

Late w this. As a kid through mid teens we would drive to....mid to upper NYS, and to the various New England States... electric_blue68 Thursday #31