Sledding before the storm

The Scott Sled Team

Saturday, January 4, after going on a few errands and working on the duplex for most of the day, Eric surprised the kids by picking up the sleds and hitting Ellenberger Park before filing up the gas can prior to the artic storm that would hit on Sunday. Eric stayed in the warm van while we slid down the  hill with smiles on our faces.

Nate zips down the hill on the circle sled.
He let it start without him, ran and jumped stomach first
on to it so that it would go faster.
That approach, and it's repetition, caught me off guard.



Brothers bundled and butts in sleds ready to ride.

Action shot! Neta zips past me with screaming smiles as she goes.



Xela pulls Neta up the hill after going down together.

Neta runs (as best she can on a slippery slope) back
up the hill for another ride.

Nate at the bottom heading for the top.

The two circle sleds and the pink long sled were the best ones. We were out there for 30 - 45 minutes. I didn't have traction on my shoes, so I would come up slowly. Neta offered to pull me up in the sled if I'd go down with her. We went down and I managed to make it back up, slowly. I didn't bother having Neta try to pull me and then us both not getting anywhere.

We haven't been sledding in a few years. Next time we'll bring the cookie sheets. The kids requested them, because they remembered how fast they were last time, but we didn't bring them. The kids didn't ever say they were cold and it took some encouragement to get them to get them into the car. After this arctic storm that is supposed to drop a foot of snow on us, we'll have to go again and bring the cookie sheets. :)