Roof Container

 

Central Michigan, July 1965. Here's another image from our road trip to Canada. We transported a lot of stuff that summer—that's why my Parents put that storage container on the Buick's roof. We had borrowed it from a neighbor. The container turned out to be a problem. Not long after Dad took this photo, we continued to make our way north, at full speed. The container flew off the roof and landed behind us on the highway. We were lucky we didn't hit anyone (and we weren't at a place where this could happen).

 

There's been some discussion about whether we were driving the Buick or Dad's VW that summer; this photo should resolve that debate. We never took the VW on our month-long vacations because Mom doesn't drive stick.