Sledding!!!!!
Yesterday, da Ski Boy, Tyge, Echo, and I embarked on a little expedition across the Lagoon. Our plan had been to walk the mile across - West to East - and then walk the bike trail up to West High School and through the neighborhood and back home. However, the snow on the lagoon was deep, and the going was tough, even for the poochies. So, half way across we veered right and headed up the steep hill that occasionally serves as a secret neighborhood sledding hill. As we walked up the hill, the snow just looked so perfect. My sledding memories came flooding back. I was a very serious sledder as a kid and teenager. Our homestead was a mile up a serious of very steep hills. I would sled to the bus stop and then stash my sled in the ditch and pick it up in the afternoon. I loved to sled. And at age fifty one, I haven’t sledded in thirty years.
You can see where this is headed.
This morning Peter and I picked up a plastic sled from Fred Meyer. This afternoon during the halftime of the Jets-Chargers game, Peter put the game on TiVo and we and the poochies again made our way across the Lagoon to the hill.
And GREAT FUN ensued.
I think I look like a big 5 year old.
Echo is having a grand time and you can
see Tyge’s feet at the very back of the picture.
The run.
Peter was official photographer. However, I couldn’t
convince him to take a run. Maybe next time. He took
this shot as Echo and I climbed up after our final trip down.
Flying Echo with Tyge in the background:
Careering towards the edge:
From the top. Tygey has not yet committed to
running down. 
Tygey and Echoing zooming down:
Hello. I am 
I love sledding down but am not too crazy about walking back up.
The hill is a steep hill and about 150 yards long. I did 7 trips. Echo did 6 and Tyge did 5. All three of us were dragging at the end. It’s a slog. I would have done several more runs if we’d had a rope tow.
Ooo… Fun.