I remember the big back seat feeling like a living room couch to me. Cars in the 1950's were big, Queen Mary Big! I think we had an Oldsmobile, I remember the air conditioning would freeze you out, so we always had the windows down on the hot summer days. Daddy would push out his wing glass to "cut the noise." We would drive out to Lake Springfield or East toward the Nixa Hills. I had to watch the road carefully, as I was a kid that got car sick easily. Once my tummy got upset, the trip was ruined.
Most of our drives would end at the Dairy Queen on Sunshine, but the trip before the ice cream was always an adventure! It was not an expensive outing, it was just the time together we spent as a family, talking and laughing.
Gas was 25 cents a gallon, but the memories are worth a million dollars!
Oh Joycee, I have those same memories. We were doing the same thing in Michigan. Even the ice cream. Those were just the best of times. When I got married my husband was a traveling saleman. When I told him I would like to just go out for a ride. He thought I was crazy. Took me many years to get him to go for a ride, but in later years he would take me for rides. Loved it.
ReplyDeleteTimes were simpler and gas was CHEAPER! It was an outing for us all, especially Mom who didn't drive. Patti, I love your blog and the views of the lake! That's the best part of where we live too!
ReplyDeletegrandpa ALWAYS had that little triangle window pushed out!
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I don't remember a Dairy Queen on Sunshine...
ReplyDeleteWe still take an occasional 'day trip' that is what we call them today. I don't remember us doing much as a family unit....that is another story.
Re; the sad empty farms. I always wonder why people leave the houses to rot and fall in. It looks like someone could make us of them. The sad truth is the small family farm is a vanishing beast! We are holding on to our dream though.