Do you like to snow ski?

[ChrissyRyan]

Do you like to snow ski?

Downhill?  Cross country?

[Lori Dee]

Do you like to snow ski?

Downhill?  Cross country?

Nope. Too many injuries to risk permanent paralysis.

When I was much younger, stationed in Germany, we would get inner tubes for 5-ton trucks and go tubing with them. Near our house was an abandoned Olympic training center that had great downhill slopes and even a ski jump. The jump was far too high to risk taking a tube over. But the slopes were fun.

We would put a bottle of Apfelkorn schnapps (my favorite) in the snow at the top of the slopes. Take a nice big swallow, then ride the tube to the bottom. There was no working ski lift, so we had to walk all the way back up the hill. Take another big swig and ride back down again. By the third trip down, the schnapps kicked in and what was a tube race downhill turned into something more like a Demolition Derby. Lots of fun, and guaranteed a good night's sleep after a day of that.

[ChrissyRyan]

Nope. Too many injuries to risk permanent paralysis.

When I was much younger, stationed in Germany, we would get inner tubes for 5-ton trucks and go tubing with them. Near our house was an abandoned Olympic training center that had great downhill slopes and even a ski jump. The jump was far too high to risk taking a tube over. But the slopes were fun.

We would put a bottle of Apfelkorn schnapps (my favorite) in the snow at the top of the slopes. Take a nice big swallow, then ride the tube to the bottom. There was no working ski lift, so we had to walk all the way back up the hill. Take another big swig and ride back down again. By the third trip down, the schnapps kicked in and what was a tube race downhill turned into something more like a Demolition Derby. Lots of fun, and guaranteed a good night's sleep after a day of that.

Wow!