SLED RIDING SLIGO STYLE

What do you do when all you have gotten the past few days is snow? Oh you guessed it, SLED RIDING!!! Here, I took a trip to Sligo, a place equipped with big cows and country roads. Okay, I'll admit that was slightly an exaggeration. Sligo is about fifteen minutes away from here and is home to the one and only Bethany Koch (my teammate, also known as BK). These are pictures from the cemetary we went sledding in. I'd have to say it was a first for me. I never went sled riding with dead people before. Okay, maybe that was a bad joke. Don't get any ideas, we weren't using the tombstones for jumps or anything. Okay, maybe that was a bad joke, too. The truth, there were no tombstones where we were, its just a hill that everybody in Sligo uses to sled ride. This hill just happens to be in a cemetary. Sligos kind of small, you could say, they make do with what they got.



Here I am heading back up the long hill we rode down. Of course, I had to carry the sleds back up. Now tell me if I'm wrong, but the worst part about sled riding is walking back up the long hill you just went down. I honestly think that is worse than having snow go down your sleeve. I can deal with some coldness, but that hill gets me every time.



Here's Bk and I showing off our new snow gloves. Those gloves might be a little puffy, but we make them look good. Not to mention, those gloves kept our hands pretty warm in this cold weather.



Now looking at that picture, do you understand why I said big hill? There I am in the back with the blue sled. I look like an ant for real. If it wasn't for that blue sled you probably wouldn't even see me. I'd have to say I like this shot. The trail going down the hill from the sleds, BK's brother trudging up the hill, and me in the back thinking ' do i really have to go back up there?'.



I'd have to say I'm looking a bit confused and kind of puffy. With all those layers I almost graduated to the 'A Christmas Story' level. In case, you don't know what I mean.. Its the movie that plays all Christmas day with the famous quote " You'll shoot your eye out kid!'. Just take note of the part when Ralphie's brother collapses in the snow and can't move because his mom bundled him up so much. That was almost me with all those layers!!


All in all though, it was the first time I had been sled riding in a while, a long while. It was a blast. I came up with a few bruises from those random rocks and the branches I hit. I'd have to say, it was worth it. They were just some battle scars so I'd learn to stay out of the bushes when you are flying down a hill. I now know to bail out but not on the rocks. See, a lesson learned.

Until next time...
Thanks for stopping by!
April Mae