Venture a Highway - SunThursday Edition 45☀️

in #hive-1949132 years ago

As I drive along the stretches of highway going to and from nowhere particularly exciting these days, mostly just taking my mom to doctor appointments or running errands, I find myself reminiscing about my childhood and fondly remember the feelings of adventure and rushes of adrenaline as mom, dad, my brother and I set forth on family vacations.

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Carefully prepared maps for each state we would travel through with routes highlighted in yellow, rest areas along the highways circled, and KOA campgrounds for overnight stays marked with stars, we embarked on what felt like treasure hunts where the pots of gold were the national parks across the USA we had not visited before.

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Looking back I realize the real gold treasures were the happy times we spent being together, the fond memories, and the love we have in our hearts for family members who are no longer with us!

A song to accompany my post, "Ventura Highway" by America:

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The days of childhood and youth with family are always memorable. They retain in our memories for ever. We still visit the place but we don't enjoy as much as we did in those early years of life. Carefree like the wind, we were eager to reach our destination amidst of which we touched everthing with our senses

Have a nice holiday. Planning and planning for the trip is very necessary

Yes, plans are important but roadtrips are quite different nowadays. We have smartphones, Google maps, Mapquest, and other apps at our fingertips to direct every mile of the journey. I miss using the original folded maps. Plus it's always a good idea to have physical maps in case there is no Internet coverage while driving in unfamiliar areas.🔎🗺🔍

Those were the best times and we didn't even know it. We had fun, but life was made up of good days and greater days. It seemed like it was always sunshine and rainbows.

I have such fond memories of childhood and I am glad you do too. It sounds like it was the way to go and State Parks were a big deal. So was Smoky the Bear?

Le sigh.

You summed it up perfectly, Denise! The good ole glory days of our childhood...

I wonder if we unknowingly walked by each other at one of the State or National Parks somewhere in the USA. Most likely we stood side by side at souvenir shops admiring the goodies, in training and precursor to Market Fridays.

Smoky the Bear, viewfinder slides, refrigerator magnets, bumper stickers, and I had a thing for anything related to American Indians. You?

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Viewfinder slides! I still have one set from Italy! Can you believe that? American Indians were revered with the chief standing overlooking the burnt-out forest. It was a thing of pride, for me. That and the fact that they were foreign, I knew so little about their lives and living on a reservation. It was a much more closed society than it is now.

Let's see? Somewhere, my sister has a colored map of all the State Parks we visited as a kid.

Besides viewfinders, there were the pencils that had the park's name written on them. I loved those and the bumper stickers. They were usually free!

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I hope you will have many such trips this summer - enjoy your travels 🙌

Thanks for the kind words and wishes.💫

Sadly my brother and father are no longer alive, and my dear mother is approaching 81 years-old. There will be no more roadtips in packed station wagons, van or campers as we once did. Instead, we relive past vacations looking through old photographs and talking about the memories we treasure!💓

Those are indeed precious times… good to have those memories.
They must have been fun times, like going on a treasure hunt like you say.
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