My parents grew up in Charlevoix, which for you non-Michiganders, is almost at the tip of the mitten. The main road through town is flat through town, but goes up about 50-60 feet on each end. In the winter, the fire department would spray water on the street every Thursday. Not sure what happened Friday; but on weekends, kids would ride sleds from the south end of town as far as they could. Adults would ride 8 and 10 person sleds, and could sometimes go all the way through town, and all the way up the hill on the north side. The things people did for entertainment before television …
My parents grew up in Charlevoix, which for you non-Michiganders, is almost at the tip of the mitten. The main road through town is flat through town, but goes up about 50-60 feet on each end. In the winter, the fire department would spray water on the street every Thursday. Not sure what happened Friday; but on weekends, kids would ride sleds from the south end of town as far as they could. Adults would ride 8 and 10 person sleds, and could sometimes go all the way through town, and all the way up the hill on the north side. The things people did for entertainment before television …