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electric_blue68

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13. Biking at my cousins, swimming in pools, listening to/watching the waves at the beach, and their shuffle board

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 04:04 PM

Jul 27

No bike at home. Big pool 1/2 mile away from our neighborhood, pools on vacation.

I liked to stand in the ocean water but didn't swim. Oh, and building sand stuff!

Playing skully/skelly (street game) in the neighborhood park. They had a dedicated,6painted one. Otherwise kids would chalk it out. Square w small boxes with numbers : 1 - 12 ; corners, one on each side, and in the center with four numbers surrounding a blank box.

You used a bottle cap to advance, and knock your opponent away from the they were aiming for.

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As a child, what were your favorite outdoor summer activities, Mine were swimming and biking. How about you? [View all] debm55 Jul 27 OP

Reading and bike riding. dhol82 Jul 27 #1

Thank you very much, dhol82. I enjoyed bike riding too. debm55 Jul 27 #7

Baseball CanonRay Jul 27 #2

Thank you very much, CanonRay. We had two parks near my house--Little League and Pony League. Would go up and watch in debm55 Jul 27 #12

Swimming and bike riding surfered Jul 27 #3

Yes, surfered, my two favorites. I enjoyed other outdoor games and and activities. However, swimming and biking were at debm55 Jul 27 #11

Swimming was my all time fave, but no swimming places near home. lark Jul 27 #4

Thank you very much lark for your wonderful summer choices.We had one of the inflatable pools. When we moved, we had a debm55 Jul 27 #10

Fishing and hunting Fichefinder Jul 27 #5

Thank you Fichefinder for your summer choices. debm55 Jul 27 #9

Thank You for asking debm55 -- Neat topic! We lived near to a creek back east. George McGovern Jul 27 #6

Thank you, George McGovern for your wonderful choices. debm55 Jul 27 #8

Biking at my cousins, swimming in pools, listening to/watching the waves at the beach, and their shuffle board electric_blue68 Jul 27 #13

Thank you very much electric_blue68. Such wonderful activities. debm55 Jul 27 #14

And TY. Brought back Fun Memories! electric_blue68 Jul 27 #15

Thank you very much, electric_blue68 debm55 Jul 27 #16

Swimming and biking for me too nuxvomica Jul 27 #17

Thank you very much nuxvomica for sharing your memories for us. And thank you Pete Seeger for getting the kids there a debm55 Jul 27 #20

Sailing justaprogressive Jul 27 #18

Thank you very much justaprogressive. It looks like a heck of a lot of fun. debm55 Jul 27 #21

My family lived on a military base LogDog75 Jul 27 #19

Same here, LogDog75, it sounds like you had a fun filled summer vacation. debm55 Jul 27 #22