"we’d get bread at the boulangerie in town. We’d get cheese. We’d get meat and fruit and a chocolate bar. We’d get a bottle of water and a bottle of wine. And we would stop and have a picnic.” I remember doing something similar in France after leaving school, though the travel was by bicycle and we drank no wine. The simple pleasures are often the best, aren't they?
Jeffrey, I can’t believe I missed your comment earlier—I absolutely *love* knowing that you have similar memories! Cheers to simple pleasures, indeed. 😍
Thank you for sharing your family with us and their incredible memories of traveling. Triptiks?! Ah! I will always be completely fascinated by the way the world changes as time passes and especially fascinated by the way we change at the same time. This was brilliant.
This brought back good memories of my family trips to various national parks back in the late 50s/60s.
Triptiks! -- haven't thought about those in a long time. Used them quite a bit back in the day. The tools for travel are much better these days, though I will say I always travel with state-level paper maps.
I am loving these stories and their accompanying photos. Travel has changed so much, was much more of a mystery even 20-30 years ago. Most of my travel came in adulthood after I started working for an airline. Our family did one big road trip to California the summer I turned six. My biggest memories were seeing different fast food restaurants on the drive. WOW! I had never seen a Carl's Junior before!! Haha.
It makes me so glad to hear that these stories have been meaningful to read! I heartily second your feelings about the mysterious qualities that travel used to hold.
And it’s so fun hearing about your own travel memories through a kid’s lens—YES to the excitement of new fast food chains 😅 and those little but visceral details that stay with us decades later.
I kind of want to go back to the days of traveling with "Triptiks" - not that I'd ever heard of them before - I used to print maps out before I went anywhere!! - but everyone staring at their phones all the time is so depressing to me!
What great stories! 💚
Thanks so much, Sheila—I’m so glad that you enjoyed them!
I did, you did so well doing a casual conversation style with more than one person that made sense! I enjoyed that!
This means a lot, because a ton of effort went into making it feel casual for The Reader! 😅
Well I noticed your effort! 😁 You did very well.
Thank you so much!!
Thank you for writing ✍️
Oh to go back in time!!! And they make picnics sound so charming. ❤️ (we all know the truth 😉)
Cackling at this comment—your anti-picnic newsletter was rather persuasive! 😅
No one likes a picnic. I will die on this hill.
"we’d get bread at the boulangerie in town. We’d get cheese. We’d get meat and fruit and a chocolate bar. We’d get a bottle of water and a bottle of wine. And we would stop and have a picnic.” I remember doing something similar in France after leaving school, though the travel was by bicycle and we drank no wine. The simple pleasures are often the best, aren't they?
Jeffrey, I can’t believe I missed your comment earlier—I absolutely *love* knowing that you have similar memories! Cheers to simple pleasures, indeed. 😍
Thank you for sharing your family with us and their incredible memories of traveling. Triptiks?! Ah! I will always be completely fascinated by the way the world changes as time passes and especially fascinated by the way we change at the same time. This was brilliant.
This is so beautifully put, Jenovia—I couldn't agree more! I'm so glad to hear that you enjoyed this one. 🤗
FWIW, I was equally entranced when I learned about TripTiks...so much more glamorous than the MapQuest printouts of my teenage years. 😅
MAPQUEST 😭😭😭 How dangerous was it to read the printed out paper AND DRIVE?! What a time!!! 😂🫠
INDEED 😵💫
This brought back good memories of my family trips to various national parks back in the late 50s/60s.
Triptiks! -- haven't thought about those in a long time. Used them quite a bit back in the day. The tools for travel are much better these days, though I will say I always travel with state-level paper maps.
Ahh, the family road trip to a national park…that brings back so many good memories for me, too! I’m so glad you enjoyed the TripTik reference 🤗
I am loving these stories and their accompanying photos. Travel has changed so much, was much more of a mystery even 20-30 years ago. Most of my travel came in adulthood after I started working for an airline. Our family did one big road trip to California the summer I turned six. My biggest memories were seeing different fast food restaurants on the drive. WOW! I had never seen a Carl's Junior before!! Haha.
Also the ocean in California was cold. Who knew!
It makes me so glad to hear that these stories have been meaningful to read! I heartily second your feelings about the mysterious qualities that travel used to hold.
And it’s so fun hearing about your own travel memories through a kid’s lens—YES to the excitement of new fast food chains 😅 and those little but visceral details that stay with us decades later.
I kind of want to go back to the days of traveling with "Triptiks" - not that I'd ever heard of them before - I used to print maps out before I went anywhere!! - but everyone staring at their phones all the time is so depressing to me!
SAME, girl, same! Louder for those in the back. My mechanic looked at me askance when he saw that I had a road atlas in my car, but I'm owning it.
good for you! I’m hoping all the stupid phones stop working at the same time and then we can all go back to being human again!
If you could only hear my wistful sigh when I read these words 😅
Priceless ❤️
Thank you, my friend! 🥰