Little ones make it clear that fun requires way less than we presume.
Each year in the Redmond, WA area we get about 5 days of snow. And at the end of our cull de sac, there is a small downhill – literally a ~15 foot vertical drop. Too small to be of any use, I say with derision. I have seen the stupendous grandeur of Tahoe, Breckenridge and Whistler.
How completely wrong I was. Our two lads would scream as they went down the hill, then trundle up despite being packaged like Charlie Brown, and do it again. Until they were ready to drop.
No lift tickets. No fancy parabolic skiis. Just two $9 plastic sleds. And a pretty lame incline. The result – sheer magic.
Another Run; The Speed is Intoxicating
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Screams of Exhilaration; Thundering By
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Two Veterans of the Local Slopes
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