That meant a family trip to the good Ol' US of A, and a road trip.
You see the parents decided that since they were going that far, there was no way they weren't going to see some of the stuff, so we flew into LA - I think. I was only three.
Somewhere along the way we saw Disneyland, The Badlands, the Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone National Park, and a lot of other places I am sure - sorry the detail is a little bit lacking, but I was only three.
We lived somewhere near Ontario for about 18 months - not sure exactly where, but I do know it was cold at least some of the time, and my mum still has the skate the bought for me - although now they wouldn't fit big toe - but at the time I was only three.
I'm not sure where we left from when Dad's time with the Canadians was up - after I was only.... you get the idea!
But I do remember one thing from that time.
The car that Dad and Mum bought for the trip was a Ford Fairlane compact.
That always makes me laugh, because there was 6 of us!
Just the concept of six in a compact is laughable - that's what we did with the little cars that we had in the last year of school - but that is for another day.
The thing that has to be kept in mind here is that we are talking AMERICAN COMPACT - and that has a totally different meaning to anywhere else in the world - especially in those days.
I assume it looked something like this:
The look feels about right - but what would I know - I was only......
I do remember being told that all six of us ( I am the youngest!) and all our travelling gear fitted into it.
That would be my earliest memory, and the most prominent thing from that is the Fairlane Compact - oh that and the fact that I have been to Disneyland, but can't remember it - as my OLDER sister delights in reminding me!
Have a good one,
Skelli.
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