The end of the school year is fast approaching. As I take my son back and forth on what will be his final year in high school, I find myself drifting back in time to when we looked forward to summer break. My childhood was filled with great ones. In 1975 I took a two week trip west across Canada with my grandmother in her 1972 Skylark which changed my life, and my world view, for the better. That was almost completely undone when my parents attempted to take my sister and I on a similar trip to Canada’s East Coast in 1977. It was a study in stark contrasts on how not to travel with one’s family.
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JAIMIE VERNON – SPIRIT OF ’76
Posted in Opinion with tags 1976, Beatles, Berner Trail Public School, board games, Bob Segarini, Boobies, Camping, Canadian Music, canoe, CHUM, coming of age, DBAWIS, Deja Vu, disc jockey, Don't Believe a Word I Say, first kiss, Jaimie Vernon, Lakefield, Malvern, memories, Monopoly, Nostalgia, Ontario, pre-teen, summer vacation on June 7, 2014 by segarini
My world in 1975 was earmarked with two rollercoaster events – the emotional and physical upheaval of my life when my parents bought a new house and uprooted us to the suburbs…and a two week trip across Canada with my grandmother in her 1972 Skylark. The trip trumped the 
upheaval and I slowly began to grow accustomed to my new surroundings, friends and lifestyle. So 1976 was a complete surprise when it introduced a number of firsts.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 