Family bonding experiences

[Elessar]

We load up the picnic basket and head out to one of the lakes or rivers around here, or go to one of the water parks. We like to DO stuff, not watch others do it.

I'm the only one in my immediate family interested in any sports. My stepfather will watch them but they live 60 miles away.

Neil and I would play basketball, ride bikes, go to the beach (and destroy each other's sand castles), play cards,
read, explore museums up in 'Mother Lode Country', and go rock picking for gold.

When he got older, I went to all of his football games and quite a few practices, as well as his wrestling matches.

[jimnyc]

I grew up with the father/son bonding over sports, in various ways. And that was Dad and all of his sons. First off, we all played baseball and football growing up. Dad was coach in both leagues, and coach of the teams I was on. I was pitcher and QB. I didn't realize it and appreciate it at the time, but it was a lot of bonding. Dad also took me/us to a lot of games, almost all NFL games, and mostly pre-season (cheap bastard!) I'll never forget the Steelers coming to Giants stadium. And although we sat upper tier, Dad being a photographer, and having a cool as hell telephoto lens, took a few photos of "Mean" Joe Greene, and they looked like we were in the first row!