Nothing quite says "Canadian Winter" like careening down a hill, does it?
Ah, yes.
I remember dragging sleds, and (if we were thoughtful and lucky) hot chocolate in a thermos to England's Hollow in Miramichi.
England's Hollow is the site of an old shipbuilding yard from the tall ships era of early Miramichi history.
Did you know that the sister ship to the Marco Polo was built there??
It's a natural cove, with steep and gentle slopes.
Awesome for sliding!
Even more awesome would be if a parent showed up after several hours of sliding fun to drive everyone home.
Walking home after a day of sliding made your feet feel like rubber.
This nice sliding park in Yellowknife, which Lena directed us to, is called Parker Park and it has a perfect sized hill for sliding.
It's high and steep enough to give you speed.
We all have the need for speed.
Maybe, even, especially daddies.
It's also small enough that the girls can scale it on their own.
The little bum scooters were easy for them to carry back up.
They only needed some help from us to carry the GT sleds back up.
We all had a wonderful time.
With our snowsuits and parkas, we were quite comfortable in the "mild" temperatures.
"Only" -20!
They were determined little sliders, woo-hoo-ing it all the way down the hill, and scurrying back up lickety split!
Red rosy cheeks declared our afternoon outing a success!
Bundle up! It's chilly out there!
2 comments:
Looks like you all had a barrel of fun... Maybe Nanny and Papa will give it a try when we go up.... providing that the temperature will warm up quite a bit, of course... otherwise Papa's bald spot will free...!!! Mom.
Tie those gt's behind the snowmobile .., that is always fun :)
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