Back to the Hill

We went back to the sledding hill today (for about three hours.) Yesterday I described the hill as "fast, yet soft." Not anymore. The hill is now extremely fast and feels like slippery concrete. You would NOT have wanted to face plant into this surface. At the end of the run there is an upward slope, I guess to slow you down. Although, under usual conditions, sleds do not make it anywhere near the slow-down slope. Today, things were different. All of us had runs that brought us within a few feet of making it OVER the slow-down hill. It was amazing. Basically, we were sledding on top of three inches of ice. You could not even dent the "snow" by jumping up and down on it. Oh, we took six saucer sleds and the snow pack was so solid that we shattered FOUR of the saucers into pieces.

Kristi and I Together On A Saucer Sled
We slid about 400 feet in 20 seconds.

Here's a video of my last run of the day. The surface was so slippery, you could just sit in one place and spin in circles. I had the idea that it might be fun to spin and then head down the hill. My brother-in-law, Ben, thought that it was a good idea too, for ME to try. So we did it. Here's the video.