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Ocelot II

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17. Skating, mostly. There were a lot of ponds and lakes in the area,

Sat Dec 28, 2024, 12:53 PM

Dec 28

and there was an outdoor hockey rink at a nearby school we could use where you could put your skates on without having to sit in the snow. Some of the lakes also had shelters for skaters. I've never skated indoors; that would seem kind of weird. We did a fair amount of sledding as well. It's kind of flat around here so if we wanted excitement we had to go to a golf course that had some pretty good hills. We had regular sleds and a toboggan, and I also recall a round aluminum dish kind of thing big enough to sit on that would spin around as you slid down the hill, which was a lot of fun. If there was enough snow we'd build big snow forts and hose them down so they would freeze hard and not collapse. We were outside in the winter all the time, the more snow the better. Good times.

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When you were young, what fun outside winter activity/activities did you like to do? I liked to sled. [View all] debm55 Dec 28 OP

Anything but getting a snowball in the face. pandr32 Dec 28 #1

Thank you very much pandr32. It sounds fun. debm55 Dec 28 #5

A snow slide?! How tall was the start at the top? electric_blue68 Dec 28 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author debm55 Dec 28 #73

??? I'm nissing something. electric_blue68 Dec 28 #77

Sorry, I had just taken a pain med for my leg. I will delete. debm55 Dec 28 #78

No problemo! 👍 electric_blue68 Dec 28 #79

It was on a hill, so it was not so high. pandr32 Dec 28 #90

Ah, got it. Wheeeeeeee! 😄 electric_blue68 Dec 28 #91

Ice skating & building things out of snow. SheltieLover Dec 28 #2

Thank you very much, SheltieLover. debm55 Dec 28 #6

Sledding too SheltieLover Dec 28 #18

Thank you. SheltieLover debm55 Dec 28 #19

Snowman building, sledding, tobogganing... MiHale Dec 28 #3

thank you very much MiHale. That sounds like so much fun. debm55 Dec 28 #7

Snow shoeing? Cool! electric_blue68 Dec 28 #58

Skating, when Panther Hollow lake froze over. cloudbase Dec 28 #4

I live in Pittsburgh. I know Schenley Park. thank you cloudbase. debm55 Dec 28 #8

Just for you, Deb. cloudbase Dec 28 #14

Thank you very much cloudbase. debm55 Dec 28 #16

Sledding, making snowmen, playing with the dogs in the snow! hlthe2b Dec 28 #9

Thank you very much, hIthe2b. what an interesting post. debm55 Dec 28 #10

Igloos! 😍👍 electric_blue68 Dec 28 #56

Sledding down a long steep hill. no_hypocrisy Dec 28 #11

Oh my. sorry for your sister. Thank you for sharing, no_hyprocrisy. debm55 Dec 28 #12

Backyard rink if..fish..had..wings Dec 28 #13

Thank you very much. if_fish_had_wings. debm55 Dec 28 #15

Skating, mostly. There were a lot of ponds and lakes in the area, Ocelot II Dec 28 #17

Thank you Ocelot II for sharing all the great things you did in the snow.Sounds wonderful debm55 Dec 28 #20

At one cousin's we did the Golf Course Hill for sledding, too. It was otherwise flat, and no parks near by. electric_blue68 Dec 28 #59

I still feel lucky that we lived where there KitFox Dec 28 #21

Thank you very much KitFox. You had a very good teacher that loved to have as much fun as her students did. Back then debm55 Dec 28 #23

Watching cars slide off my road berniesandersmittens Dec 28 #22

Thank you very much, berniesandersmittens. debm55 Dec 28 #24

Winter fun Squeaky41 Dec 28 #25

Thank you very much Squeaky41. debm55 Dec 28 #31

Rolling around in the snow, building snowmen, Polly Hennessey Dec 28 #26

Thank you very much. Polly Hennessey. It sounds like fun. debm55 Dec 28 #33

Sledding, building forts, snow ball fights and coming in for hot chocolate and a change to dry clothes dutch777 Dec 28 #27

Excellent, thank you dutch777, Sounds great. debm55 Dec 28 #34

Hot chocolate! Forgot about that MaryMagdaline Dec 28 #53

Thank you MaryMagdaline. Hot Chocolate was great as a break in playing in the snow. debm55 Dec 28 #61

I really didn't Jilly_in_VA Dec 28 #28

Thank you Jilly_in_VA . I hate the winter and cold now. debm55 Dec 28 #35

I liked tubing in the snow. Elessar Zappa Dec 28 #29

Thank you Elessar Zappa. We would tube in the water and use them to sled in the winter. debm55 Dec 28 #37

I took up snow skiing at 45. That definitely seems young to me now. surfered Dec 28 #30

thank you surfered. Do you still ski? debm55 Dec 28 #38

I skied 27 years in a row, but Covid closed the slopes one year and a medical procedure sidelined me for a second year. surfered Dec 28 #43

Thank you surfered. surfing sounds interesting and enjoyable. debm55 Dec 28 #46

Winter conditions and cold water might curb your enthusiasm. surfered Dec 28 #54

Don't you were a surf suit? debm55 Dec 28 #71

Yes, a wet suit, which restricts your paddling and is very difficult to get off after. Ski clothes are dry. surfered Dec 28 #74

Thank you for the information. I have never surfed. debm55 Dec 28 #75

Snowball fights and sledding! FuzzyRabbit Dec 28 #32

Thank you FuzzyRabbit. You enjoyed playing in the snow, So did I. debm55 Dec 28 #39

Ice fishing displacedvermoter Dec 28 #36

Thank you displacedvermoter. Sounds like fun. debm55 Dec 28 #40

We played football CanonRay Dec 28 #41

Thank you very much, CanonRay. That sounds like it would fun. debm55 Dec 28 #45

I loved snowball fights. Mr.Bill Dec 28 #42

Thank you very much, Mr. Bill. that sounds like fun. debm55 Dec 28 #44

Making snow angels and snowmen, sledding, ice skating wnylib Dec 28 #47

Thank you wnylib. Your winter outdoor activities sound absolutely ideal. What a great memory, debm55 Dec 28 #48

We sledded, downhill skied and built snowforts. The snow applegrove Dec 28 #49

Thank you very much applegrove. Your winter activities sound great. debm55 Dec 28 #63

Ice skating sakabatou Dec 28 #50

I always wanted to ice skate. My ankles were always to weak. debm55 Dec 28 #65

Oh, a bunch of stuff. Sledding, ice skating, snow ball fights at my cousin's... electric_blue68 Dec 28 #51

Thank you very much electric_blue68. You did a lot of winter activities in your youth. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Dec 28 #68

I grew up mostly in the South and I hibernated during winter. MaryMagdaline Dec 28 #52

Thank you MaryMagdaline for sharing your memories. debm55 Dec 28 #72

Winter wasn't (still isn't) much fun here in the southern Appalachians of north Georgia. Mostly dreary, Glorfindel Dec 28 #55

Thank you Glorfindel debm55 Dec 28 #62

Ice skating Wicked Blue Dec 28 #60

Thank you very much, Wicked Blue debm55 Dec 28 #70

The Municipal Golf Course... ProfessorGAC Dec 28 #64

Thank you ProfessorGAC. That sounds great. It really sounds like a great set up for your town to do. debm55 Dec 28 #66

Typically Packed ProfessorGAC Dec 28 #67

Yes, It must of been packed. But it sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing. debm55 Dec 28 #69

That sounds awesome. One winter i built a luge down my yard, through my neighbors yard, and onto a flat area of my t dem4decades Dec 28 #87

Skating, tunneling in the snow drifts and sledding. A special treat were the days a layer of ice was on top of the sno dem4decades Dec 28 #76

Thank you dem4decades. I could never figure out if we had more snow or if I was smaller and it just higher to me. We had debm55 Dec 28 #81

It's not your imagination, a study has shown we have weeks less snow cover on the ground in our area dem4decades Dec 28 #82

Thank you, dem4decades. debm55 Dec 28 #83

Sledding Woodwizard Dec 28 #80

Thank you Woodwizard. That is very good you have her out in the air and doing fun activities. Most kids are always in debm55 Dec 28 #85

She loves being active. Woodwizard Dec 29 #92

Thank you very much Woodwizard. Enjoy the time together. debm55 Dec 29 #93

Kokanee snagging madamesilverspurs Dec 28 #84

Thank you very much, madamesilverspurs. That sounds like a real adventure. debm55 Dec 28 #86

Sledding, Ice skating on a frozen pond at night with a bonfire and hot cocoa, Skiing, Ski Club, Clouds Passing Dec 28 #88

Thank you Clouds Passing. Your post has many wonderful activities. Thank you for sharing with us. debm55 Dec 28 #89

my sister and I would just romp around in it and throw snowballs at each other yellowdogintexas Dec 29 #94

Excellent. That sounds great. Thank you very much. yellowdogintexas for sharing with us. debm55 Dec 29 #95