The only cheesy photo I can dig up right now is this....
Summer 1972 at Lake George, NY. I was 11 years.
Butch A.
11yr old kid, canoe, large body of water, gas outboard and extra fuel? What could go wrong!?

Isn't it also amazing what we were allowed and trusted to do as kids even for a guy like me in his mid 30's. Its a different world isn't it?

We used to go camping in the woods near my house at that age by ourselves........tents, sleeping bags, enough snacks to choke a horse and have a nice night!