As I type this, I’m being bombarded with requests for food. I suppose their hunger is an indicator that night sledding was successful. After all, the only thing more fun than sledding is doing it in the dark!
It was something of an unexpected bonus that with the recent rain and wintry mix stuff, the snow now has a hard shell covering it that’s strong enough to support the kids whilst they walk on it. It also happens to be slick enough that they can slide down the hill on their stomachs. Naturally, that’s more fun than using a sled.
Earlier this week, we took them out to a public sledding hill. While we were there, conservatively about 25 other kids percolated through. The hill itself is long and fairly steep and the snow is packed down so the sledding is very fast. All the little bumps along the way down the hill were magnified into mini-ramps. Some older kids had piled snow into a couple of actual ramps, one of which allowed a daredevil to catch some pretty serious air. Many kids took their chances on that ramp, all with spectacular results regardless of whether they landed properly or on their ear.
The, er, downside of the hill is that it’s a looooong walk back up the hill. Especially if the sledder made it down the main portion to the flat where they could continue to slide for roughly half a football field. Try doing that in 15″ of snow with short legs. To their credit, it wasn’t long enough to dull their enthusiasm for the ride down.
More snow is forecast for tonight. All the more chance to forge new sled trails. Winter fun has only just begun.