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I miss the smell of the river once you pass the 95 on the 40. I used to roll all the windows down on the Friday night just to fill the cab with that smell.

What do you remember from your childhood that you miss?
 

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I miss the smell of the river once you pass the 95 on the 40. I used to roll all the windows down on the Friday night just to fill the cab with that smell.

What do you remember from your childhood that you miss?

for us that was when we were pulling off rice rd and crossing into AZ.. everyone would roll the windows down.

there was a giant coppertone billboard with a dog pulling the shorts off a kids ass so you could see the tan line..

49’er pizza was a legit sawdust on the floor joint that had the most amazing pizza I have ever had to date.. most the lots in the keys were dirt and others just had crab grass on them. Almost every one had these shitty “docks” that were suspended above the water and hanging out from the properties by two steel beams.. they were that way because the army core of engineers was pissed about the development.. (a whole different story that who knows is even true)

That smell of gasoline when I first cracked the door to the garage everytime.. The new gas doesn’t smell the same... and strangely in that same garage it always smelled like a new motorcycle dealership for some reason.. just a faint hint of it.

I miss jumping my quad with the excitement of turning the key and it firing up.. or the disappointment of it not and having to charge the battery which basically meant going to town to buy another battery..

I miss sleeping and hearing the jet boats go buy and hearing the motors bounce off the rev limiters as they were crossing wakes and the pumps unloaded.. you’d also hear the flat bottoms making their passes out in front of the keys but it was a different sound than the jets.. wide open but for short durations like a drag boat.. 6-9 seconds and then nothing..

I miss premixing the gas for aqua scooters and jet skis.. and even though I’d done it a 100 times everytime seemed like the first abd ky old man would have to explain it to me again.. shit he’d probably have too right now it’s been over two and a half decades since I’ve done it.. lol

I miss real shops like Floyd’s where they worked on god damn everything and sold parts for everything, and had bad ass shirts like “do you remember when racing was dangerous and sex was safe?”

I miss badenochs and their burgers, and especially their original foot long hot dogs that were sliced and fried.. I miss seeing Jan and Bill.. I don’t even know if Jan is alive anymore. I loved going back into Bills workshop and seeing what he was building that week or month and checking out all the race cars.. he’d spend an awful lot of time humoring a kid like me and answering all my questions.


I could go on for days.. God I’m glad I grew up going to the river. Best childhood anyone could ask for..

I loved it so much, I bought the company! ;) :D
 
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I also miss sleeping on a lounge chair with a sleeping bag outside the motorhome at park moabi. Not sure if it was the morning sun at the crack of dawn or the sound of a flatty taking the first pass up the river that woke us up but it was always the best feeling in a Saturday morning.

We would walk down to the lagoon before everyone else woke up and look for crawdads:cool:
 

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The innocence of not knowing how fucked up this world is and the ignorance of not knowing the consequences of my actions. Time also moved a lot slower as a child, miss that feeling of the never ending summer.

Man you just summed pretty much all of it up into once sentence.. Ain't that the god damn truth.

My Mom (who is a saint) raised me with rose colored glasses.. I always thought everyone was good in this world, or at least tried to be the best they could be? I always (and still do because I'm way to trusting) think that people will do right by each other..

Strangely I don't get burned a lot, but I think it's because if you put faith in people they almost feel obligated to respect it? That being said when ya get burned, it is such a f'n let down.. It truly makes ya realize ya never understood anything about that person to begin with.

I'm trying to keep this thread positive so I'm not going to get into what I learned on "social media & these websites" too deep. I learned the world isn't so rose colored.. and there is a ton more people concerned with other peoples lives then they are with their own. Just bizarre to me.

RD
 

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I miss the excitement of walking into a casino in the days I was only able to go once a year if that.
 

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Every once in a while, I'll walk outside in the morning, the temperature the breeze and the smell says 1970's at the river, I really miss that.
 

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In my adolescence, I miss leaving the house on Friday evening and stumbling into work on Monday morning, half drunk. The strange tail in between those few weekend days made that never-ending, hangover infused Monday worthwhile.

Also miss the music...
 

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Best young adult memory......Being 95% disconnected from the “real” world after moving to the river

..Got married moved to Havasu in 1984, built a house, bought a CJ5 a Spectra and 2 550’s

No internet, no cell phones, 3 UHF tv channels, 1 radio station. We didn't give a shit about much of any thing except whether we were boating on the river or lake on the weekend. Didnt follow any politics, any news, couldnt have told you what was happening outside our river life. Followed all things boating and off roading instead. Im not sure you can even do that today.
 

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Man you just summed pretty much all of it up into once sentence.. Ain't that the god damn truth.

My Mom (who is a saint) raised me with rose colored glasses.. I always thought everyone was good in this world, or at least tried to be the best they could be? I always (and still do because I'm way to trusting) think that people will do right by each other..

Strangely I don't get burned a lot, but I think it's because if you put faith in people they almost feel obligated to respect it? That being said when ya get burned, it is such a f'n let down.. It truly makes ya realize ya never understood anything about that person to begin with.

I'm trying to keep this thread positive so I'm not going to get into what I learned on "social media & these websites" too deep. I learned the world isn't so rose colored.. and there is a ton more people concerned with other peoples lives then they are with their own. Just bizarre to me.

RD

Same. I always try and see the good in people. I can’t even recall how many “friends” have screwed me over in life. Despite that I still find myself seeing the best in people.

I have become less tolerant of people’s badness and have gotten to the point that it’s become really easy for people to be “dead to me”. I just write them off entirely and regardless of any history we may have had, they just don’t exist to me anymore.
 

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Sitting around a campfire, about midnight, on a rare clear night at Pismo.
Hearing a quick rip from a 2180 in the dunes with a flash of a KC highlighter in the sky.
Tides out, walk down to the waterline and look South towards devil's slide. See a faint glimpse of a caravan heading back North about five miles down the beach.
Go back towards camp, and now that' single KC in the dunes is several. Back at the camp I easily convince someone to jump in the buggy with me and head out into the dunes to try to get in a game of midnight follow the leader.
 

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Completely agree and have even done it to family members,


Same. I always try and see the good in people. I can’t even recall how many “friends” have screwed me over in life. Despite that I still find myself seeing the best in people.

I have become less tolerant of people’s badness and have gotten to the point that it’s become really easy for people to be “dead to me”. I just write them off entirely and regardless of any history we may have had, they just don’t exist to me anymore.
 

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I miss being a little kid and attempting to fall asleep in the motorhome with my Grandpa so we could get up at 4:00am to head to Glamis. I miss boating up to the original Topock for breakfast on a early morning with my grandparents. I miss sitting in kindergarten on a Friday buzzing with excitement because I know my dad will pull into the parking lot any moment with the boat in tow and we were heading to the river. As an adult now the excitement you felt as a little kid just isn't the same, as my son gets older and begins to feel that excitement I’m sure things will change but until then I have plenty of memories to reminisce on.
 

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The 95 going up the east side of Parker, didn't exist when I was a kid. You had to take Riverside Drive to go north to wherever your destination was.

I miss Going through Parker, getting gas, and heading up Riverside Drive. There is a spot where you roll up a little hill, and all at once, you have a killer view of the river. I couldn't wait to see that view and know I was gonna be on the water shortly. I fucking LOVED that moment!!!!

I miss picking up my 90.00 check, for a weeks work at the parts store, going to the bank to cash it and heading to The Hat for a cheese burger, fries and a chili size. Sitting in my car and thinking, this is as good as it gets! It's cruise night on Valley Blvd. And I'm ready to rock.

Skiing on pure glass. Night skiing at Snow Summit. Riding my jet ski with my best bud at the puddle, after work, until it was dark, just me and him owned the whole lake. Spending the day in the desert riding my quad with not a care in the world.

Laying out on the dock at night, totally hammered, just staring up at the stars...

No internet. No cell phones. No payments. No bills.

I miss my mom. :(
 

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Like others have said, the smell of the river. I remember seeing the RR bridge at Parker and being so excited. Or waking up at the Crazy Horse campground in the rented motor home, begging my parents to wake up so I could go play in the water.

I don’t miss being gouged by the stems of the truck inner tubes.
 

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The smell of fiberglass, curing resin and gelcoat mixed with some gas and oil. Everytime I walk into a boat shop it hits me like a ton of bricks and I have to take a moment close my eyes and breath in deep. There is no better smell in the entire world.

Just driving. Getting in the Jeep with the top off. Good tunes and laying down mile after mile with nowhere to be and no idea where I was going.

The body from my youth... The six pack from my youth has been replaced with a keg...

All my friends and family that I have lost over the years.
 

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I miss not having any responsibilities or bills. LOL

As a kid its weird how you don't realize how good you have it until it gone. I guess that is the same with allot of things.

I can still remember how I couldn't wait to get out of school, get a job and buy the things I wanted.

I was raised by a single mother of 4 kids. It was a little rough at times. So there were no boats, river trips are vacations really.

Although she worked her ass off and things got better once in Jr High and High School. I can still remember the conversation she had with us about how she explained that she didn't have enough money for Christmas but was going to do the best she can but it was going to be a "poor Christmas" as she put it and didn't want us disappointed. I can still remember everything I got that year which wasn't much but I soo appreciated it.

Its that memory that drives me everyday to excel in my career and never settle.
 

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Being at the kart track in the morning and smelling the 2 stroke smoke float through the pits as people were getting ready. Little butterfly feeling in your stomach. Miss that a lot.

Thin crisp air in Mammoth.

The smell of our families lake house.

Going in to race shops, motorcycle stores/parts shops all had a “smell”. Always loved that.

Sitting in the garage as a kid wrenching on go-peds, karts and dirt bikes with buddies.

Peelin out of school on a Friday afternoon with solid plans for the night.
 

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Man you just summed pretty much all of it up into once sentence.. Ain't that the god damn truth.

My Mom (who is a saint) raised me with rose colored glasses.. I always thought everyone was good in this world, or at least tried to be the best they could be? I always (and still do because I'm way to trusting) think that people will do right by each other..

Strangely I don't get burned a lot, but I think it's because if you put faith in people they almost feel obligated to respect it? That being said when ya get burned, it is such a f'n let down.. It truly makes ya realize ya never understood anything about that person to begin with.

I'm trying to keep this thread positive so I'm not going to get into what I learned on "social media & these websites" too deep. I learned the world isn't so rose colored.. and there is a ton more people concerned with other peoples lives then they are with their own. Just bizarre to me.

RD
We'll do right by you here Dave
 

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Growing up in small town Tennessee in the 60's - 70's all I did was hunt, fish and boat during my youth. Would be up at the crack of dawn grab my rifle, pistol and fishing pole, jump on my bike and head out for the day with a couple of buddies. We wouldn't come home until about dark sometimes. Really miss that simple carefree life that I lived back then.
 

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Miss jumping my bmx bike. I could jump large gaps. I bounced when I crashed and would get myself together and hit the jump 5 minutes later. These days I look at a bmx bike like it's the devil.
Dad had a 35 Viking in Dana Point and miss the whole fishing routine. Sometimes I would go to sleep in my bedroom the night before and the following morning wake up at 7 on the bench in the flybridge to open ocean. I really miss being rocked to sleep on that same bench while out at sea.
I miss also being able to go outdoors and live life with no worries. That changed after 9/11.
 

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I miss hanging out on the street corner in the summer with all the neighborhood kids, we had a big street light. Never worried about cars driving by. Being able to sleep with the bedroom window open on summer nights. No AC other than a swamp cooler back then. My Grandfather shaking my hand with a twenty and saying don’t tell anyone. And not knowing what stress was especially when we were kids. I miss life being simple.
 

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I miss the smell of the river once you pass the 95 on the 40. I used to roll all the windows down on the Friday night just to fill the cab with that smell.

What do you remember from your childhood that you miss?

I agree, I used to love the those late night drives eastbound on 40, getting to the last hill and dropping in to see the lights of needles. Dodging CHP speed traps and getting to needles and smelling the water and farm lands on the way to willow valley.
 

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I miss getting on our bikes and heading down to the local liquor store to by baseball cards and candy, hide and seek at night with all the neighborhood kids.

My parents loading my sister and I up along with our two dogs in the bed of my dads single cab long bed Toyota pick up with a camper shell on a late Friday night after my dad came home from work to head to the river. Then stopping at Lenwood Barstow for a late bite and just waiting to cross the bridge over the river into AZ. Pulling into the Nautical parking lot and then walking into the room. And that's when the smell of the room would hit you, it was a combination of the AC, cig smoke and dampness. But when you smelt that you knew you were at the lake and it was going to be a good time. Pulling the cover off the boat for the first time all year smelling the combination of gas and marine vinyl. People on other boats waving at each other as you would pass each other. Not having an issue finding a beach that wasn't saved by an ez up or littered with garbage.

I am 39 and I feel the good old days are behind us. I could only imagine how awesome it was when all you old guys were kids;)
 

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I miss the Thursday night thrash...for the race, dunes or river. Go, go, go. Be amped up all day Friday on caffeine and excitement. Punish ourselves for the weekend, be zombies come Monday.

Above that, miss talking to my parents. Didn't always see eye to eye, but did near the end.
 

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The lack of responsibilities and stresses of the world. I miss the freedom. Use to be you could call your buddies or cousins and say, "hey you want to go to the river, or glamis or pismo." They were always up for it.

My uncle use to take myself, my cousin and all the guys out to glamis and pismo. No body ever had conflicinting schedules. Now kids, wives and things change. It's hard to get everyone together anymore. I miss those memories.
 
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