Growing up in small-town Saskatchewan, one of my earliest memories was driving down gravel roads in my dad’s old Ford truck. He had an acreage on the edge of the Qu’Appelle valley and there were times we’d go driving on roads that were little more than tracks in the grass. On the top of the valley, Dad used to occasionally let me, the oldest child, sit and steer the truck across his property. I started out sitting in his lap and then, as I got older, was eventually allowed to drive on the acreage roads myself, with Dad beside me keeping a watchful eye on me!
For many children in Saskatchewan, those times spent out with our fathers were our first driving lessons, often started a decade before we would be eligible to actually take driving lessons and get that coveted Learner’s License. Any child whose parents owned a farm or acreage had so much open private property that it just made sense to take advantage of it. And those bonding moments with my dad driving around in that old Ford truck remain some of my favourite memories of time spent with him to this day.
Now Father’s Day is just days away and I can’t help but find myself reminiscing about those times spent driving with my dad. And Ford Canada knows that I’m not the only one! That’s why the company has put together a fabulous Father’s Day giveaway. One lucky Mommy Kat and Kids reader is going to win a Ford Genuine Parts Bar Stool with Back Rest, a Ford ball cap and a Ford Genuine Parts Pint Glass Set containing a 5 qt. Metal Bucket, four Pint Glasses, 12 Coasters and a Bar Towel, a total value of $250! To enter to win, just leave a blog comment about a favourite memory of spending time with your dad!
This Father’s Day, I’ll be heading out to my dad’s acreage with my brother and sister and all our kids to surprise our dad and enjoy a little time together. We’ll enjoy the warm Saskatchewan spring, cook up some burgers on the barbeque and let the kids run around and spend time with their grandpa. And chances are pretty good that Zackary and his cousin Anna, at eight and seven, will get the chance to drive with Grandpa in the truck just like we all did as kids. It’s one of those traditions that I hope will continue for generations to come, because I know it’s one that creates memories that last forever!
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I do not have any dad memories i am sorry to say.In my mind I imagine the love I could have had for him though.
Summer holidays with my dad when I was a kid. My parents were divorced so it was nice to have several weeks with him.
My favorite memory of my Dad is getting up really early just him and I to go fishing. I was as young as 7 and fished with him right up till I was in my 20’s. It was always out time , a time of talking or a time of just being quiet and enjoying it together.
our time lol not out time :)
I remember we had a 1979 Ford F-150 on the farm and I remember sitting on the tailgate with my brother as my father drove us, with the dog in the passenger seat…head out the window, through the fields picking up pumpkins for Halloween.
For me my favorite one is him taking the day off to go to a kids birthday party with me! I was maybe 5 lol
My dad taught me to drive in the hay field growing up because I was the least strong of all the ‘workers’ . Then when I was actually old enough to drive he taught me for real.
Catching my first fish with my dad!
Taking us fishing and camping to a beautiful piece of property he owns in Grafton, ON
My favorite memory is when my dad would take us fishing. Was so awesome!!!