Pre-Moonpie, Memphis

This was like 6th grade in Memphis, Tennessee when this was taken for the class photo. It was 1968 or '69 and we had just moved from Lincoln, Nebraska. It was weird being the new kid again, but my brothers and I jumped in feet first. Memphis is where I honed my "little hoodlum" skills. Bicycles gave way to mini-bikes and mini-bikes gave way to motorcycles. The police were summoned to Parkwood drive where we lived because we were doing burnouts and wheelies up and down the street. Dad came from out back by the pool and spoke with the officer. Dad was the first guy that the policeman had ever seen in a wheelchair and they talked for about half an hour. We parked the motorcycles and Raleigh was safe for another night.