There was a small park next to my parents’ house. There was a slope like this one down from pavement level to the grass. Just about that much, too. No good sledding in our area when that was “a hill.” You knew you’d grown when rolling down the slope was no longer fun, it was just a step or two down.
I still remember my first experience sledding, although it’s more than 60 years ago. Not actually a sled, but one of those large plastic disks. It was in Iowa, where we stayed for only about a year, and it can’t have been that hilly, but it was a lot of fun.
We then moved to Louisiana, where there was no snow worth mentioning. Then central Illinois, where there were no hills worth mentioning. Didn’t get a lot of sledding done as a kid.
I once lived in Benton, Arkansas, in a neighborhood built on a hill. We would go up to the top of the hill (3 houses up, back yard of the house there). We used a piece of panel, slick side down, sled down the hill, across the street, and into the bushes across from our house. Fun times! And it was our neighbor’s 16yr old daughter who got us into it! My brothers and I were younger.
macky87 about 20 hours ago
They need to find a rooftop. Then it’ll be REALLY exciting!
orinoco womble about 19 hours ago
There was a small park next to my parents’ house. There was a slope like this one down from pavement level to the grass. Just about that much, too. No good sledding in our area when that was “a hill.” You knew you’d grown when rolling down the slope was no longer fun, it was just a step or two down.
iggyman about 17 hours ago
Good Greif!
jessebob42 about 16 hours ago
I remember this particular comic back in the day. The Midwest was very flat where I grew up.
allangary about 13 hours ago
The first Sunday strip (from January 6, 1952) should appear in three days.
uniquename about 13 hours ago
Is that one of those toddler slides?
Kaputnik about 12 hours ago
I still remember my first experience sledding, although it’s more than 60 years ago. Not actually a sled, but one of those large plastic disks. It was in Iowa, where we stayed for only about a year, and it can’t have been that hilly, but it was a lot of fun.
We then moved to Louisiana, where there was no snow worth mentioning. Then central Illinois, where there were no hills worth mentioning. Didn’t get a lot of sledding done as a kid.
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 10 hours ago
This was before Schulz started sending them out to hills.
Robert Miller Premium Member about 9 hours ago
I once lived in Benton, Arkansas, in a neighborhood built on a hill. We would go up to the top of the hill (3 houses up, back yard of the house there). We used a piece of panel, slick side down, sled down the hill, across the street, and into the bushes across from our house. Fun times! And it was our neighbor’s 16yr old daughter who got us into it! My brothers and I were younger.