Snowday!

Today, our family drove up to Snoqualmie pass to play in the snow. The snow day was sponsored by our church so there were alot of families there including a bunch of my little Ranger Kid buddies.

It was a lot of fun.

Like most males in my age group I occasionally feel the urge to do something stupid, particularly when surrounded by my peers. Fortunately, in my case such compulsions are rare and I lack usually lack the initiative to figure out something really stupid and implement it. Today was different.

I had the bright idea to challenge all of the guys between the age of 7 and 20 to join me in trying to see how many people we could put on a single medium sized intertube and slide down the hill. We would pile brave souls on crisscross across the tube then someone, usually me, would push the tube until it gained enough momentum to slide on its own at which point the pusher would quickly jump on top.

We had a nice smooth hill and a good tube so we were able to go pretty fast. It was loads of fun.

By this point you are probably wondering, "So how many people did this maniac con onto the tube?"

I am proud to say that we successfully made it to the bottom of the hill with nine people. When the tube reached the bottom of the hill the tube stopped. The people on top of the tube did not. We all went pinwheeling through the snow accumulating a few minor scratches and bruises.

We did a dozen or two runs ranging from 5 to 9 people on the tube at a time. No one was seriously injured and everyone had a blast. Thank you guardian angels for that miracle.

Personally, I think it was a very successful adventure. I've acquired a fun story to tell over and over again until I find something better for the small cost of all the hair on Bob's forearms. A bargain if I ever saw one.



This picture I pulled off Google gives a general idea of what happened to us, just imagine two or three times as many people spread over a wider area.