The grasshoppers bounced and jumped all over us as we ran down the grassy hill towards town. I was always on the lookout of what I thought were snake skins.
The blackberries were now out. Wild as ever. Very thick and bushy. They were all over on the sides of the dirt roads towards town and the hillside road going towards our house.
My sister Dana and I had successfully made it to the underground tunnel that helped us cross the main road in Peachland. We had no grasshoppers or thistles in our shoes by the time we got down to the tunnel.
We could not imagine what it would be like to cross a big car road like that after all it was where the only traffic light in town was.
We tried to step on all the lines of the cement blocks as we got farther into town. “1,2,3,4, I won!” I screamed to Dana. Dana said “Oh ya.”
Peachland was a small simple town. Changed little through time.
The heat was nice this day as we walked by the houses towards the lake. I often thought if the houses would ever change. Deep red, white, brown wood colours of houses everywhere.
IT IS REED EVERYONE CHEERS!!!! 40 YEARS LATER MANY OF THE HOUSES WERE THE EXACT SAME COLOUR THEY WERE THEN.
We got excited when we walked to the market as we knew we were allowed in there to buy candy with the money Aunt Winnie gave us. She carried her change purse with a silver clip to close it tightly. I wanted one just like it one day. It must have lasted a long time because the colour of the purse never changed, I thought. Stick gum was also in her purse too. Another treat we waited for.
