Some summertime remember whens:
The only air conditioning in the house was that one window fan that pulled air all through the whole house.
You left the house early in the morning, came back or ate lunch at the neighbors, kept playing outside until supper.
Your parents didn't have to worry about you being abducted at every corner.
You got bored with the Atari and went back outside to really play.
Damming up a creek created a whole new world.
Getting a pool at TG&Y meant good times were coming soon!
Your family sat on the porch in the evenings while you caught 10 zillion lightnin' bugs in a pint mason jar.
That praying mantis on the front porch screen would spit at you if you messed with him (according to Granny)
Myrtle Beach had one amusement park.
Going to Six Flags was heaven and took the longest time to get there.
You went to Carowinds the first year it opened.
Oconee State Park was one of the most awesome places around.
You played backyard football or baseball in 100 degree weather.
Watermelon in the backyard in the evenings was awesome but hand cranked ice cream was always better.
Helping in the garden was fun although you didn't like to eat everything that was grown there.
The first time Grandaddy let you cut grass alone.
A one mile radius of your home had enough things to do in it to last you all summer.
Catching toad frogs only to have them pee on your hand.
Frog gigging.
Setting up ramps only to fail miserably at mimicking Knievel.
Spending the night in the clubhouse and staying up all night.
The Riverbanks Zoo and Greenville Zoo were really neat. (Still are!)
Vacation Bible School
Shucking corn or shelling butterbeans.
Waiting on the lighter fluid to soak in the charcoal.
Wasn't life a little easier back then?
