Whenever my parents took me to the beach there was always this beachside road, parallel to the ocean, we had to cross.
I used to think this road ran all around the edge of the country without any interruption.
A childhood belief about excursions

others believed things like this
- When I was little, I used to believe that deer could only cross the road at the deer crossing signs. — Shellie
- On family road trips, my parents always told me that water towers were filled with chocolate.— Edith
- I used to think that running cross-country meant you ran across the entire nation!Anon
- I used to believe the "Yield" from the road sign was somebody's name.— julia
- I used to call the shoulder of the road, the elbow.Anon
- My mum used to tell me that someone was delivering bricks at the top of our road when it thundered!— Deb