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Wild, Wild Summer Fun!

In honor of Wild, Wild Women of the West and the summer season, I’m dedicating this blog to Wild, Wild Summer Fun! Besides the swimming, boating, hiking, camping and usual fun you have in the summer, what wild and crazy things have you done this summer or summers past?

When I was seventeen, I recall an early summer outing with my sister, Delilah Devlin, and some friends of ours. We loaded up Delilah’s ancient 1967 dark green Impala (that couldn’t go over 45 mph without shaking the snot out of you) with a tent, sleeping bags, food items and beer (beer being the key ingredient). We hopped on the road (okay chugged. Remember? The car had issues) and headed 6 hours north to Fayetteville, Arkansas, home of theUniversity of Arkansas and a friend of a friend who was along for the ride. We picked up said friend and crossed the lovely state for the next 3 hours to Blanchard Springs Campground and Caverns. I think I slept most of the trip, thankfully.To say we had a blast is just the beginning. The weather was cool at night and gorgeous during the day. My sister brought a guitar, the friend of a friend we picked up in Fayetteville brought a banjo and we spent our evenings sitting on a concrete bridge pickin’ tunes and singing out loud to the crickets.

One evening, a van from Iowa drove up and a bunch of barefoot young people piled out. We were thinking hillbillys (like us Arkansans weren’t closer to that truth). “Want to pick a tune?” one of the Iowa guys asked.

We were all for performing, not that we had much of a repertoire, but an audience is an audience afterall. So while Delilah and the banjo picker (can’t even remember his name) strummed a tune, the barefoot Iowa gang pulled out another banjo and two fiddles!

We had a hoe-down right there in that north Arkansas park! It was the wildest, most spontaneous thing I can remember from my teen years and will always be a special memory for me.

What about you? What is the wildest summer fun you’ve ever had?

8 Responses to “Wild, Wild Summer Fun!”

Am boring - cant think of any wild fun I have had. Sorry. If something pops up, will be back. LOL.

by Rose G. on July 15th, 2008 at 7:32 am
Sounds like a great time. Of course, my summers were more involved with work and cheer camp, but I did spend a great two days at the beach with a bunch of friends. If I could remember what I was doing in most of the pictures that were taken, I probably could tell you more of the adventure. LOL

by Patty L. on July 15th, 2008 at 7:44 am
Beer? Weren’t we underage? We probably bootlegged it from Texas anyway (had to have Coors before it was licensed for sale in Arkansas). Bootlegging being one of my sources of income during college. Ahem.

Good time, good times!

by Delilah Devlin on July 15th, 2008 at 9:09 am
A summertime crush when was younger, an older boy, while visiting my relatives in another state, didn’t want to go home.

by Dina on July 15th, 2008 at 9:20 am
:shock: What me ever have fun! Well there was one time, I was 22 and there was this really really hot bod that was barely 16. Yep we had fun that summer. :mrgreen:

by Lisa Evans on July 15th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
I spent my summers working in the strawberry and bean fields to earn money for school clothes.

by Estella on July 15th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
I think the wildest summer fun I’ve ever had was my trip to Ireland 4 years ago. It was a self-guided tour and driving on the left side of the road was quite an adventure. The best advice I got was “Look right, stay left” from the car rental place. Of course, the many castles I saw and the medieval feast my first night there kicked off a great trip.

by Karin on July 15th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I went to study in England and France. We were a wicked, wild group of adult students from 23 to 60. And we rocked London and Paris like we were school kids!! We shopped, saw sights and went to shows. We had a blast!!! Before the classes started, I went to Scotland for 10 days alone. I stayed in B & B’s and rode the train where ever the spirit moved me each day. I hooked up with a backpacker touring the world alon and was offered a job dancing at Stirling Castle. Unbelievable. Best 5 weeks of my life!!!!Thanks for letting me share!!
Becky

by Becky on July 15th, 2008 at 11:46 pm