This is one of those times that I have thought about much through the years. It is funny I suppose but did not seem so at the time for this young baby boomer. I was only about five and was a tag along with my older brothers.
Here’s the story. It was Easter and the little town of Sturgis, Kentucky always had sponsored activities of one sort or another going on. Today, if you are a motorcycle enthusiast, I’m sure you have heard of the ‘Little Sturgis’ motorcycle rally. It is held at the Sturgis Airport just outside the town of 2500 people. Back then, one of the activities was a county Easter egg hunt. Any and all of the kids from who knows where was invited to come and hunt.
We lived on an off road across a couple of big fields from the airport. My older brothers and a cousin decided that the best way of going to that Easter egg hunt was to just walk across the fields. (more…)