First-Born son John arrived in October 1964. It had been our custom on Thanksgiving and Christmas to drive from home in St. Paul, MN to visit relatives in Rochester, MN (some 90 minutes south). On this 1964 Christmas eve, our small 1962 VW Beetle was completely loaded with gifts and luggage as usual and there was little room to put the new baby. In those days cars had neither seat belts or child restraining car seats. Thus, having no knowledge of future legal restrictions, we decided that the perfect spot for young John as we drove to Rochester was in the small carpeted space behind the back seat! This area is nicely shown in the borrowed photo below. Somehow John survived until he grew too big for the built-in VW "crib".
Photo by John Snell © Sunset Classics
(With permission to use in this blog)
(With permission to use in this blog)
