Let's talk family memories

I know we all have family memories.  Any special ones?

I'll go first.

One of my many fond memories was our trips to the beach when I was very young. I came from a big family with lots of aunts & uncles and a legion of cousins. In those days (the late 50's - 60's) the roads on Cape Cod were dirt roads and there was a restaurant along the way with singing waiters. Most of the time we packed food and used two cars. Believe it or not the beaches on the Cape in those days were wide open and we would set up camp with coolers and beach chairs.

As kids we would be first in the water & last out. We did come out for lunch. I had a cousin who specialized in how long you had to wait after you ate before going into the water. Looking back on it I can see he was winging it. We run up to him and he would ask "what did you have?" someone would say "Chicken Salad" - he would respond with "15 minutes", another would say "P&J sandwich" - he might say "10 minutes." We all wondered how he knew.

Then there were a few of my well endowed female cousins. They would lay in the sand for a while and after they left there would be an imprint of their bodies. I think I got caught staring at those imprints once. 

After a long day at the beach we made the long ride home. On a few occasions I'd doze off on those long rides after a long day in the sun.