Hell I grew up in the Lake Tahoe area, in the bed of a pickup truck was the only way we got around. Born in 68, Going over Donner Pass and Mt Rose in the winter in the bed of a truck, 2 shirts long under ware and thick coat and 2/3 blankets............ Life was good in them there hills!! oh yeah swimming in Lake Tahoe, didn't matter if it was AUG that water was always ICE COLD! Hell I remember, as stated "being gone all day" we would go down to the Truckie River and hang out with the bums, its adult campin!! then we would go to our favorite spot to swing off a rope into the river, and swim like hell up river at an angle to get back to the rope, cause if you missed the opening you had to get out down river then hike back up to the rope, and or course we all had on our life vest.............NOT!! WTH was that? rreally!!
this was dads truck
(not original pic but this was it to a T, snow and all)
