This morning our friend Susie texted us. “I just built an alpine slide in my back yard… want to come sledding with us?”
What kind of question is that? Of course we wanted to come sledding! We put on some ski pants and a couple layers, and headed over to their place. They live up near Jewel Basin, on the mountainside. Susie had carved out a sled track in their “driveway” (used in the loosest sense). It was about a half mile long! We trucked up to the top of their 40-acre property, sat on our sleds, and headed down.
That’s Susie a little ahead of Pepper. It may be worth noting they don’t have any kids at home; all theirs are grown and moved out like ours. So it was basically four middle-aged adults yelling and whooping as we flew down the hill. Wow, it was a blast. There were a few spots where we had to kind of push with our arms– think a cat track at a ski slope– but there were also some spots where I was absolutely zipping down the hill. The sleds didn’t really have any steering, and I managed to spin 360 degrees a few times. What a hoot.
After four or five runs, we headed into their cozy house for some hot cocoa. Susie promised she’d invite us over again when we get some more snow. Woo hoo!