fishing in the 40's

when we were kids in the 40's hitchhiking was a way of transportation if the destination was far. you stood on the side of the road, extended your right arm and with your thumb up you let passing cars know you needed a lift. soon a car would stop and give you a ride. me and norm koski, my next door neighbor decided to hitch a ride to palo creek which was on the peura farm about 8 miles out from lake linden on the bootjack road. when we got there we cut a maple pole about 6 feet long and tied our fishing line to it and were soon in the business of catching brookies. after fishing we came along the creek and in the vicinity of the farm yard where a cream can full of cream was cooling in the creek. norm figured we needed a few swigs of fresh cream so we hoisted the can from the river, removed the cover and started to drink thick cool cream. about that time a farm dog came snarling towards us and in our haste we knocked the coverless can into the creek which soon turned all white. we ran for all we were worth to the main road with the persuing dog at our heels. finally the dog gave up the chase and we were glad to be hitchhiking back to laurium. i'm not proud of this prank but what can i say, "facts are facts".