Favorite Childhood Memory of Playing in the Snow

This week we have been ask to Blog about our favorite childhood memory of playing in the snow.  I actually am very fortunate to have many childhood memories of playing in the snow as a child.  However, my favorite memory would be sliding down the field at my grandfather's farm.

I grew up next door to my grandparents in Palmyra.  Every winter we would wait for the perfect sliding conditions.  I consider the perfect sliding conditions to be several inches of snow on the ground topped with a layer of ice.  Not too much not too little, just enough so you can walk on top without crashing through.

My sister and I would start in the upper right hand corner of the approximate 10 acre field.  We would each have our own toboggan and we would push off with little effort.  We would go so fast it would give us a crazy adrenaline rush.  If there was any kind of breeze our eyes would water and it would freeze on our faces.

It would only take a few seconds to reach the bottom.  Once there it sure was a long walk back up to the top corner of the field.  We always wished we had a snowmobile so someone could give us ride back up to the top.

I will always remember the time my sister and I talked our father to go with us one day.  We all rode on the same sled.  It was so cool to have dad go with us.  However, I don't think he realized how fast we woud go with all of us on the sled.  My sister and I was loving it, but dad decided it was too fast for him and he bailed off before we were a quarter of the way down.  We always teased him about it and he never did go with us again.