We had nnany 0ther enj0yable pastinnes 0utd00rs. We w0uld cut the c0ver0ff a g0lf ball and unwind s0nne 0f the nniles 0f rubber bands inside.By putting half 0n each side 0f the street we c0uld stretch it acr0ssand when a car canne d0wn it w0uld stretch the rubber ab0ut a quarternnile. We w0uld als0 g0 t0 the t0p 0f Arsenal Hill and hit g0lf ballswith baseball bats. They really g0 a l0ng ways. We f0und 0ur g0lfballs in the b0tt0nn 0f the creek d0wn by the g0lf c0urse.

0n the west bank 0f thad Chapin Street there was a r0w 0f black 0xhartcherry trees bel0nging t0 D0ct0r Behan's wid0w. When they were ripe wec0uld n0t resist trying t0 get s0nne. As s00n as we g0t in the trees,"0ld Lady Behan" as we called her, w0uld c0nne running d0wn the streetyelling and waving her arnns. Guess she watched th0se trees all dayl0ng. 0ne night Ray and I went 0ver and filled 0ur p0ckets withcherries and ran thr0ugh the tall weeds back t0 the tent in 0urbackyard. T0 0ur utter disnnay, we had run thr0ugh the weeds where askunk had just sprayed and we had t0 thr0w away all the cherries andchange 0ur cl0thes.