In the company of most of the DeMartinis, we went tubing at Soldier Hollow this evening. I've been tubing there before, years ago, as part of a winter triathlon that was fairly brutal. But this evening, it was absolutely terrific. It was so much fun!! There are groomed runs, and a conveyor belt lift you can ride that delivers you practically at the top of the hill. You've got to pull your tube, but it's all pretty slick. I told Kent he was coming, even though he has a hard time having fun, and he came along, somewhat reluctantly.
We couldn't have picked a better night to go. Even though we were there after dark, the day had been warm and the evening was hardly cold. Brandt complained that I made him wear too much clothing. Blythe too. We were able to do eight runs, most of which we did in big groups. The speedy descents were so exhilarating, the air brisk, the company entertaining. I laughed and shrieked every time we went down. The conveyor did stop at one point, forcing us to hoof it up the hill. That was bad. But it was just the once, and after a significant pause at the top of the hill to catch our breath and somewhat recover, down we went again. Kal loved the conveyor belt, and went up and down between adults, rode on tubes, nearly fell off once, causing Kent to fall over trying to prevent him from rolling off into the snow and forcing us to leap off to save him. He was funny!
It was so super fun. Everyone had a great time, including Kal and Cora, our littlest people. Kal went down once standing up with his arms outstretched, looking like the king of the world. He said, "Again! Again!" at the bottom of every run. Cora cried when we had to stop. We will definitely do it again. It will be our for sure activity every winter, like canoeing is every summer.
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