When I see one of these, it evokes such happy childhood memories.
We had a great hill for sled riding in our old neighborhood (back in the days when we actually used to get snow). Living in the south, snow was always such a welcome treat for us kids. Our neighborhood was kid haven.
Anyone remember greasing up the runners of those old wooden sleds with Crisco shortening? I’m not so sure it made those sleds go one bit faster but we greased them up anyway.
Back in the 1970s, my family had a German Shepherd who loved to go sled riding with all the kids in the neighborhood. Baron was known to occasionally hitch a ride on the sled as we went zooming down the hill. Or sometimes, he’d just run beside the sled, barking all the way down, with the snow flying out from the runners until his coat was covered with little frozen ice crystals. His tail never wagged so hard. I swear that dog had a smile on his face.
Happy memories…..
Moonlight Reflections 
Ohhhh, sledding.. 🙂 Ohhhh, neighborhood dogs.. 🙂
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I have two hanging in my garage. Your post evokes happy memories for me too.
My husband has his old one hanging in our garage too!!!! Thanks for your comment!
Ah, yes . . fond memories . . and building ramps at the bottom of our hill . . we’d hit it . . fly across the street and into the crick! Those were the days!! ⛄❄
Yes those were the days! Sounds like great fun.
Yes, very much so ❄ but I look back and wonder how we survived such antics!!
I know what you mean! I wouldn’t dare attempt some of the crazy sled riding stunts I pulled when I was young!
We thought we were immortal . . now we just want to wake up without stiff joints!! 👵👴
We are having our first snow today. I’ve been watching the neighbor kids sledding in our yard this afternoon. It amazes me how brave they are, but then I was too at that age! It also amazes me how they can walk right across the icy road and driveway and not even slip. I went out to get the mail and could hardly stand up!
Yes, youth seems to provide magical powers in snow and ice . . and while climbing trees 🌳
That’s the truth! I fell out of many a tree in my youth! Didn’t break any bones but sure got the breath knocked out of me.
We were resilient!!