I led a sheltered life until I went to college. But I wasn't deprived and I can't say I missed anything as a kid except a lot of heartaches.
I surfed from Baja California to San Francisco when there were only nine or 10 surfers on the entire Pacific Coast. I spent three-month summer vacations in our High Sierra cabin 60 miles from the nearest road. I drank milk from my own ranch.
The only vacation I've had was the four years and 11 months I put in with the Air Force in World War II.