True story ..
I was 5 years old.
The year was 1975..
My brother, Rich, was 7…at the time..
Rich had a doctor appointment..
My parents told me that I was to stay home with my older sisters so they could babysit me while my parents were gone with Rich.
For some reason .. I wanted to take the car ride with my parents and my brother to this doctors office …(located in uptown, Kingston NY)…
When I asked if I could go with them ..,..my parents said “No, just stay home with your sisters. ”
My Dad’s vehicle at the time was actually a truck .. It was a pickup truck with a “cap” on the back ..
So, what do you think I did when my parents told me “NO”?
I didn’t listen ..
I went to my Dad’s truck, turned the little knob to the back of the truck cap and snuck in the back of the truck..Curled up in the back corner of the truck bed.
My parents had no idea I did this and they drove off with my brother to the doctors ..
Like I said earlier, the doctor office was located in uptown, Kingston. Uptown is loaded with “one way” streets.
When my father was trying to parallel park along this one particular one-way road near the doctors office, he glanced in his rear view mirror …
He was shocked at what he saw ..
Yes … He saw little ole me .. all “balled up” in the corner of the truck bed ?
My mom had to ask to use the doctors office telephone to call home…
To inform my sisters ….of where I was.
Turns out , my sisters were frantically searching for me …They were relieved to get the phone call.. They were freaking out .
And so … This became a repeated story for many years amongst my family.