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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When I was turning 10, my dad took me out for dinner to The Beachcomber, which was a restaurant with a bridge and a waterfall in it! I loved the place and was allowed to have a Shirley Temple with dinner. That was the one and only time that I ever did anything alone with my dad.
My dad taking time to sled with us at the local park even though he hated snow and cold
going fishing with him
my favorite memory of spending time with my dad was all the time he spent taking me fishing, I was the tom-boy in the family so I thought this was the greatest thing ever!
My favorite memory of my dad and I…..anytime we spent together!
playing cards
My fav memories with my dad are from when he was my baseball coach! We got to spend so much quality time together, I’ll never forget those days.
My dad has been gone since 1999, but I think of him everyday. I was the only child and a girl at that too so I was daddy’s little girl and boy did I get spoiled rotten, there is way to many awesome days and times to list them all, but I remember when he tried to teach me how to drive, well it didn’t turn out so well, he ended up hiring someone to teach me lol
My favorite memory with my step dad was the trip we took to New Orleans. We had so much fun sightseeing and exploring the French Quarter.
my favorite memory is when my dad took me out fishing for the first time at the age of 5 it was quite the ordeal as i was in leg braces , but we got through the bushy area and reached the a quite lake out in the back skirts of inverary ont .. on a property of a family friend .. it was a beautiful early morning bugs out and fish just popping up out of the water well we knew it was a good time to start so he showed me how to hook a worm it was gross at first being the young age i was , well needless to say i caught a 15 pound bass that day and my dad still to this day can’t believe it my first time ever and getting that big of a catch .
I love my dad .. he’s my world