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nuxvomica

(13,567 posts)
17. Swimming and biking for me too
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 05:06 PM
Jul 27

Before we had our own pool, we would go to Haviland Cove, right on the Hudson River maybe a mile downstream from the paper mills. The water was highly polluted and we were warned not to open our eyes underwater but I did a few times and there were various and sundry particles floating around. My eyes stung for a while afterward. Digging in the sand on the beach was perilous as it usually revealed old sewage. Thanks to Pete Seeger et al. the area is now decent for swimming.

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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
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