Good news/bad news: we haven't had any amount of light, fluffy snow for quite some time. The runs were well packed and no one else was there. Those runs were fast, and bumpy and not well cushioned! My saucer did nothing to soften that jarring ride at all! The hill was pretty much empty and there was no waiting. It was cold but the steep walk uphill kept us warm. We were with Boo and she & Daddy Dale (not to be confused with Uncle Dale) brought an inner tube! You can pile a lot of people on an inner tube and the more you have the better chance of staying on it over the jumps. (guess how we found that out? let's just say Sweetie's solo run made an impact!)
We got off to a rough start when Lovey was on her way back up from one of her first runs and stopped in the middle of the hill to watch Honey come down. She was so enthralled with Honey's descent that she forgot that she was in the middle of the path and just stood there as Honey zoomed straight into and then under her. It was like high speed bowling. Honey was slowed momentarily but had enough momentum to pick up speed and fly the rest of the way down. Lovey was upended and dumped unceremoniously in Honey's wake. Lovey howled and wasn't impressed and Honey felt awful! I explained that it wasn't her fault and Lovey shouldn't have been in the path. I had a hard time persuading Lovey to get off the track as the others were waiting to come down and I didn't want a repeat performance, the first had been painful for me to watch, never mind for Lovey to endure! Her leg was sore and it hurt for awhile but she was missing out on the fun so was soon back on her sled.
They took turns on the inner tube and I gave it a try as well. It was a much nicer ride, that air cushion absorbs a lot of the impact! Sweetie and I went down together and decided to try the jump! Great idea!.... in theory! We went over the first bump and that was ok, but gained a little speed, hit the second bump a little harder and faster and left our seat for a moment but managed to hang on... til the third and biggest bump. We went uuuuuup and the tube just kept shooting down the hill without us and then we came dooooown. It was a hard landing! My elbow is still bruised from landing on it. Sweetie was on top of me so she didn't hit the snow packed trail but it still didn't feel that great for her! Despite this crash, we kept going and had several more runs. Daddy Dale gave us a push on the inner tube once and we didn't stop til we hit the barbed wire fence. I was cringing as I waited for the *POP* but we didn't! whew! and thank goodness for the fence and trees at the bottom because we were nowhere near stopping!
Eventually the dare devils got a little too brave and crashes got more frequent. Finally Honey hit the jump (the one she'd been LOVING for half an hour) at just the wrong angle and tipped and landed face first in the hard snow and that was it for her. Luckily no blood or cuts but she was sore enough that she wanted to go home immediately. She went to the top to wait for the rest and then Sweetie took a bad tumble and she'd had enough too. Lovey was already cold and still sore from her initial crash and I'd had enough jarring and bumping to last me awhile!
We went back to Boo's house where Teena had made us a yummy homemade macaroni and cheese lunch! Everyone wanted the good times to keep rolling so we packed up Boo and her skates and brought her to our house. They hit the rink for awhile, until Sweetie had to go to gymnastics and then they came in. While she was gone they loomed and Netflixed til supper. We curled up on the couch for movie night and capped off a great day!
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