SeniorCitizen
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As kids we didn't have purchased sleds but we knew how to shave the bark from a couple of small oak limbs with the axe for sled runners and build our own low boy sleds . More often than not it was pulled with a running horse with snow flipping from the feet directly in our face. But that was just life on the farm .
On other occasions we just used the steel scoop shovel to go sliding down a steep hill ( aluminum hadn't been discovered for shovels in those days ) . Now my son shows my grand daughter how he did it and how his dad did it . She may never get to experience going in a circle on a 75 ft. home made rope at about 40 miles / hour behind a running horse but at least she has experienced the scoop shovel ride .
On other occasions we just used the steel scoop shovel to go sliding down a steep hill ( aluminum hadn't been discovered for shovels in those days ) . Now my son shows my grand daughter how he did it and how his dad did it . She may never get to experience going in a circle on a 75 ft. home made rope at about 40 miles / hour behind a running horse but at least she has experienced the scoop shovel ride .
