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27. Sledding, building forts, snow ball fights and coming in for hot chocolate and a change to dry clothes

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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 2024 OP

Anything but getting a snowball in the face. pandr32 Dec 2024 #1

Thank you very much pandr32. It sounds fun. debm55 Dec 2024 #5

A snow slide?! How tall was the start at the top? electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author debm55 Dec 2024 #73

??? I'm nissing something. electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #77

Sorry, I had just taken a pain med for my leg. I will delete. debm55 Dec 2024 #78

No problemo! 👍 electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #79

It was on a hill, so it was not so high. pandr32 Dec 2024 #90

Ah, got it. Wheeeeeeee! 😄 electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #91

Ice skating & building things out of snow. SheltieLover Dec 2024 #2

Thank you very much, SheltieLover. debm55 Dec 2024 #6

Sledding too SheltieLover Dec 2024 #18

Thank you. SheltieLover debm55 Dec 2024 #19

Snowman building, sledding, tobogganing... MiHale Dec 2024 #3

thank you very much MiHale. That sounds like so much fun. debm55 Dec 2024 #7

Snow shoeing? Cool! electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #58

Skating, when Panther Hollow lake froze over. cloudbase Dec 2024 #4

I live in Pittsburgh. I know Schenley Park. thank you cloudbase. debm55 Dec 2024 #8

Just for you, Deb. cloudbase Dec 2024 #14

Thank you very much cloudbase. debm55 Dec 2024 #16

Sledding, making snowmen, playing with the dogs in the snow! hlthe2b Dec 2024 #9

Thank you very much, hIthe2b. what an interesting post. debm55 Dec 2024 #10

Igloos! 😍👍 electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #56

Sledding down a long steep hill. no_hypocrisy Dec 2024 #11

Oh my. sorry for your sister. Thank you for sharing, no_hyprocrisy. debm55 Dec 2024 #12

Backyard rink if..fish..had..wings Dec 2024 #13

Thank you very much. if_fish_had_wings. debm55 Dec 2024 #15

Skating, mostly. There were a lot of ponds and lakes in the area, Ocelot II Dec 2024 #17

Thank you Ocelot II for sharing all the great things you did in the snow.Sounds wonderful debm55 Dec 2024 #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 2024 #59

I still feel lucky that we lived where there KitFox Dec 2024 #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 2024 #23

Watching cars slide off my road berniesandersmittens Dec 2024 #22

Thank you very much, berniesandersmittens. debm55 Dec 2024 #24

Winter fun Squeaky41 Dec 2024 #25

Thank you very much Squeaky41. debm55 Dec 2024 #31

Rolling around in the snow, building snowmen, Polly Hennessey Dec 2024 #26

Thank you very much. Polly Hennessey. It sounds like fun. debm55 Dec 2024 #33

Sledding, building forts, snow ball fights and coming in for hot chocolate and a change to dry clothes dutch777 Dec 2024 #27

Excellent, thank you dutch777, Sounds great. debm55 Dec 2024 #34

Hot chocolate! Forgot about that MaryMagdaline Dec 2024 #53

Thank you MaryMagdaline. Hot Chocolate was great as a break in playing in the snow. debm55 Dec 2024 #61

I really didn't Jilly_in_VA Dec 2024 #28

Thank you Jilly_in_VA . I hate the winter and cold now. debm55 Dec 2024 #35

I liked tubing in the snow. Elessar Zappa Dec 2024 #29

Thank you Elessar Zappa. We would tube in the water and use them to sled in the winter. debm55 Dec 2024 #37

I took up snow skiing at 45. That definitely seems young to me now. surfered Dec 2024 #30

thank you surfered. Do you still ski? debm55 Dec 2024 #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 2024 #43

Thank you surfered. surfing sounds interesting and enjoyable. debm55 Dec 2024 #46

Winter conditions and cold water might curb your enthusiasm. surfered Dec 2024 #54

Don't you were a surf suit? debm55 Dec 2024 #71

Yes, a wet suit, which restricts your paddling and is very difficult to get off after. Ski clothes are dry. surfered Dec 2024 #74

Thank you for the information. I have never surfed. debm55 Dec 2024 #75

Snowball fights and sledding! FuzzyRabbit Dec 2024 #32

Thank you FuzzyRabbit. You enjoyed playing in the snow, So did I. debm55 Dec 2024 #39

Ice fishing displacedvermoter Dec 2024 #36

Thank you displacedvermoter. Sounds like fun. debm55 Dec 2024 #40

We played football CanonRay Dec 2024 #41

Thank you very much, CanonRay. That sounds like it would fun. debm55 Dec 2024 #45

I loved snowball fights. Mr.Bill Dec 2024 #42

Thank you very much, Mr. Bill. that sounds like fun. debm55 Dec 2024 #44

Making snow angels and snowmen, sledding, ice skating wnylib Dec 2024 #47

Thank you wnylib. Your winter outdoor activities sound absolutely ideal. What a great memory, debm55 Dec 2024 #48

We sledded, downhill skied and built snowforts. The snow applegrove Dec 2024 #49

Thank you very much applegrove. Your winter activities sound great. debm55 Dec 2024 #63

Ice skating sakabatou Dec 2024 #50

I always wanted to ice skate. My ankles were always to weak. debm55 Dec 2024 #65

Oh, a bunch of stuff. Sledding, ice skating, snow ball fights at my cousin's... electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #51

Thank you very much electric_blue68. You did a lot of winter activities in your youth. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Dec 2024 #68

I grew up mostly in the South and I hibernated during winter. MaryMagdaline Dec 2024 #52

Thank you MaryMagdaline for sharing your memories. debm55 Dec 2024 #72

Winter wasn't (still isn't) much fun here in the southern Appalachians of north Georgia. Mostly dreary, Glorfindel Dec 2024 #55

Thank you Glorfindel debm55 Dec 2024 #62

Ice skating Wicked Blue Dec 2024 #60

Thank you very much, Wicked Blue debm55 Dec 2024 #70

The Municipal Golf Course... ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #64

Thank you ProfessorGAC. That sounds great. It really sounds like a great set up for your town to do. debm55 Dec 2024 #66

Typically Packed ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #67

Yes, It must of been packed. But it sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing. debm55 Dec 2024 #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 2024 #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 2024 #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 2024 #81

It's not your imagination, a study has shown we have weeks less snow cover on the ground in our area dem4decades Dec 2024 #82

Thank you, dem4decades. debm55 Dec 2024 #83

Sledding Woodwizard Dec 2024 #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 2024 #85

She loves being active. Woodwizard Dec 2024 #92

Thank you very much Woodwizard. Enjoy the time together. debm55 Dec 2024 #93

Kokanee snagging madamesilverspurs Dec 2024 #84

Thank you very much, madamesilverspurs. That sounds like a real adventure. debm55 Dec 2024 #86

Sledding, Ice skating on a frozen pond at night with a bonfire and hot cocoa, Skiing, Ski Club, Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #88

Thank you Clouds Passing. Your post has many wonderful activities. Thank you for sharing with us. debm55 Dec 2024 #89

my sister and I would just romp around in it and throw snowballs at each other yellowdogintexas Dec 2024 #94

Excellent. That sounds great. Thank you very much. yellowdogintexas for sharing with us. debm55 Dec 2024 #95