The $100 Question: What Do You Miss Most About Summers?

Spending time with family was really nice.

I miss that feeling of pure bliss as soon as school let out, knowing I had months before school started up. I felt so free!

....chasing the long legged ladies!!!!!!!!

There was nothing like going swimming at Shoreline Park when I was a kid!! Best times ever!

I miss playing outside all day with my friends until the street lights came on. We also would camp outside overnight in the backyard with the neighborhood kids.

I loved going to summer camps when I was young! Fingers crossed! Thanks! senekers@comcast.net

Oh, road trips were absolute misery when we were young. Traipsing all over the South in a station wagon with no air conditioning all summer. Getting dragged to art fairs and staying at little roadside motels where the owner asked you out back to share watermelon with his grandchildren. Misery I tell you...when you are 7. Not such miserable memories now...

We used to hang out a lot in the summer with other kids in the neighborhood. I grew up in a small town and we knew everyone. Nowadays, I'm raising kids in a nice suburb, but I don't know all that many of my neighbors, and I don't feel safe letting the kids be gone for long periods of time. That's what I miss, the feeling of safety.

I miss the nice weather this year it's too hot or it will not stop raining so I can enjoy my garden.
tishajean@charter.net

eating and drinking whatever I wanted to keep cool and not gaining an ounce

i miss having a summer vacation!

I miss not seeing my friends.

I miss spending all day in the pool, every day.

swimming all summer long, relaxing no worries at all.

When I was a kid, there was always that great hope that anything could happen the next year...

I Miss going on a lot of day trips ( and weekend trips) with my parents. I actually really liked all the historical places that we went! Like Gettysberg, Jamestown, Roanoke, Williamsberg, etc...

Playing in the sprinklers and drinking out of the hose without any fear of lead or other hose-water dangers.

Since I live in the desert, I miss almost nothing about summer. In fact, I look forward to it's end. The heat is horrible, just came off a week of temps around 115. For month upon month our temps hit well beyond 100 degrees and the nights do not cool down as they hover around 90 degrees. Ugh!

I miss playing kick the can every night during the summer. My favorite hiding spot was a tree with branches low enough to climb up. I still evaluate trees by the low, strong branches.

I miss playing with my siblings and we would pack a light lunch and go exploring in the woods. Lots of fun

weblynx at hotmail.com

I miss spending whole days in a swimming pool!

I loved jump roping with my friends and hopscotch. just to play all day!

my sister and I loved to skip, we skipped everywhere. A few years ago while watching my friends daughter we skipped down the road, wow, very tiring!

I miss not beling able to play in the yard. Things are more complicated now.

I miss the way we were able to play as kids. We could play all around the neighborhood and not worry about anything. You have to keep an eagle eye on kids now adays. It's a shame that they loose all of that thanks to sickos.

Playing with old friends and relatives.

I like swimming in the summer.

As a child I lived in an area that had an abundance of both but now as an adult I have very few and I miss those.

I love waking up early in the morning to hear the sounds of nature...

I miss swimming with my friends

My parents were always the parents who would play with the kids! My dad had an artificial leg but that didn't stop him. We played wiffel ball, kick ball, soccer, and tag in our back yard. He wold also take a carload of us to the high school so he could baseballs so everyone could practice their catching.

I miss how I looked forward to it! Since it would be our break from school. But now I don't look forward to it because it's way too hot!

I miss summer camp

the friends i had then

beach, love the beach

I miss spending almost everyday swimming and then getting home so exhausted that I would pass out almost immediately!

running around carefree with my friends

I miss the fun and thrill of nightswimming in my family's backyard pool - my sister, cousins, and I would make a regular event out of swimming after dark, and I recall fondly the silly (and sometimes serious) conversations we'd have as we beat the summer night heat.

going to the beach every single day

jdmimi at gmail dot com

I miss family vacations.

What I will miss most about summer is when we all go out and pick blueberries and strawberries. There is nothing sweeter than warm blueberries and strawberries, just picked.

going to look at the salamadars

I miss the wonderful and fresh fruit the most!!
Thanks for the chance.
mogrill@comcast.net

I miss spending most of my time at the swimming pool. I was part fish. Thanks for the contest.

My dad was in the military, and I didn't get to visit every summer, but I loved when I could. My maternal grandparents lived on the water, so I got to swim and go fishing. They almost always had a dog and/or a cat, and for a while they had ducks. My grandmother would give me chores and pay for them, so I could earn spending money. I never minded cleaning at her house because it came with a paycheck! They had both been teachers, so they had a lot of old children's books, and I'd be able to spend time reading, as well as playing outdoors (for a while, my cousins lived nearby). We'd play Aggravation a lot, too. I really miss those days.

I miss running around barefoot with no responsibilities!

Swimming most days!
Thanks

I miss enjoying sprinklers and running through them. Now all I can think about is mowing the lawn when I see a sprinkler!

Going to the beach and not having a care in the world!

The one thing I miss about summers when I was a kid is the gatherings of my dad and mothers siblings.