When I was a kid we too used to hang onto a car's back bumper (without them knowing it) and see how far we could go. But we never did it on our belly! We crouched down and slid on our boots trying to hang on to the outer ends of the bumpers so we could see where the car was going and let go if things didn't look good up ahead.

 

The belly flopping was running down the street holding a sled then jumping on the sled belly first.

 

That makes more sense.

 

I have had snow in the past when I lived in Acton and saw some at Kennedy Meadows. They weren't bad memories, though.

I took these on April 16, 1995 at home in Acton, California. It snowed on Easter Sunday. My roses had already bloomed and my kids used the mini roses to decorate the snowman.

 

Cool pics

 

Yeah, those are good memories, Patty.

 

That was some 20 years ago...Coll memories,Patty.

 

Patty, those are cool pictures of your kids and the snowman.

I've never seen mini roses for the eyes, nose, and buttons on a snowman.

Happy memories, indeed!

 

Many years ago I had an horrific incident while skiing in Vail, CO’s remote back bowl…I fell in 4’ of loose powder and lost a ski.

To find the lost ski an area needed to be cleared that would allow me to remove the one ski that was still attached. After that, the search for the lost ski began in the 4’ snow. An hour afterwards the ski was found. With a larger area cleared, I was able to attach both skis but couldn’t gain any speed to bring me to the surface. A 30’ runway on the firmer base snow with a ramp near the end was then created in order to gather enough speed to ski once again. After 3 hours and many acceleration attempts and the lengthening of the runway I was able to ski out of the situation.

At 11,000' in elevation it was strenuous, cold, and exhausting, indeed.

Gary

 

Nice memories there Patricia!

We used to build snowmen but had to settle on buttons for decorations. We don't get snow and roses at the same time. I'd bet they were thrilled.