Afternoon Delight

Michele Van Handorf

I was born in 1967 and the year was 1976, and we were celebrating the US Bicentennial. My Mom had planned a family vacation to Washington, DC. So here we were in our Ford Galaxy (maroon with a black top) four-door sedan, with no AC and only an AM radio. Grandma Thurn was with us. So I was squished between her and my brother Richard the whole way there and back.

I will never forget it, the song was Afternoon Delight and I was singing it over and over again. I thought I was so cool. I think my parents knew the song was about a quickie in the afternoon, but any time I hear it, I am right back there with Richard and Grandma crossing Ohio and Indiana.

Afternoon Delight