Ding, ding, ding. Here comes the Ice cream van. In my youth, my favorite was the Klondike bar. What was /were yours? I

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It was orange, kind of like sherbet more than a creamsicle, and there was a character on the plastic stick once you finished it. It was fun to collect all the sticks.

There was lots of tasty competition around, like my mom's floats made with cream soda or grape crush and vanilla ice cream, or grape ice cream, which you could get from the corner store. A treat is a treat for a kid and always appreciated, but I much preferred the latter two.

We didn't have vans till maybe the 90's? It was always these up until then:



Young teens definitely could both make a half decent amount of money during the summer, and get into great shape riding these!