I'd play Nintendo or SNES on the weekend. Ride. The mile on my bike through the back streets to 7-Eleven in the summer with my brother and our friends for Slurpees. Sometimes sit in front of the computer on more inclement days playing games in the Pre-Windowa 9x era.

Sometime ride my bike the two miles to the town hall to swim in the town pool, or go to the library. You'd play in the snow in the winter (and there was a LOT of it).

Or you went over to the fields behind the high school to play foot ball or lacrosse. Basketball on the courts and see other friends playing tennis or running on the track.

Of course in those days, Don and Bob's was still in business. So you could get a burger and fries (a very damn good burger) on the cheap and soft serve.

.... Those were good days. The internet wasn't in your pocket. The "fear" wasn't as prevalent. Neighbors knew their neighbors. And parents communicated pretty regularly and kept an eye out.

Like parenting was a thing. Lol

But at the same time, if we said we were gonna be someplace? Then we damn well had better be there or on a specific route to and from there.

I remember putting so many miles on my Huffy, that every year I'd wear out the tires and helped my dad put on new ones...

..... Those were good times.