sledventures.
I’m still cold.
I’m still a little wet (from. the. snow.).
My elbow is a little sore.
But whoa, that was fun. I mean, fun. Genuine, pure fun. The kind that involves climbing trees, trying to outfall the snow as it falls all around you and you fall into piles of it already on the ground, laughing at each other but in the best way possible, and even exploring an old house. In the dark. It was all Blair Witch in there, trust me. But don’t worry, I didn’t go into the corner. Because nobody puts baby in the corner.
Any other pop references you’d like me to use?
But I haven’t yet mentioned the main point of our excursion. And I have to build it up a little cause the name for it is that good. My friend Shane made it up, and so you know, credit where credit is due. Ready?
Tonight we went on a sledventure.
Uh-huh.
And yeah, it was exciting.
And yeah, it involved the best subaru ever.
Sometimes we sat inside of it.
And sometimes we sat outside of it.
On a sled.
That was connected to the car.
And I have to say that I really enjoyed holding onto the reins.
Well, they told me it was actually called a toehold, but come on. My toe was not involved. And I might as well have said giddyup, those things I held onto for dear life were so much like reins.
I learned that I am not exactly a natural when it comes to sledventuring. I am, however, very good at falling off of the sled. I also learned that elbow pads are not a bad idea.
Shane, Jimmy, Zach, and Jenna at least broke the double digit mark in terms of the speed at which they sledventured. Some of them even hit 20 mph. I know, it’s impressive.
I topped off at 4.
4 miles per hour.
I don’t think I will be going to the Olympics for sledventuring any time soon.
And at one point we got stuck.
We had no shovels.
But we did have sleds.
And the guys got to it.
They might have even shoveled with a sign that they pulled out of the ground; I can’t quite remember, it all happened so fast.
But then a truck came by and asked if we needed a good tug out of the snow. Well, the truck didn’t actually ask that. That would have been cool, though. Or maybe scary. Or, most likely, a transformer. But the driver of the truck asked if we needed help and the guys told them in mock innocence, We just happen to have a toehold attached to the back of the car already…
So lucky.
The guys did a lot and even Jenna did a little by pushing but when I tried to help, I was only in the way. So I stood and shivered and watched and marveled at the way that life takes me by surprise again and again.
And tonight, it was totally in a good way.
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That really does look like an amazingly good time! So cool.
Um, 4 mph? Were tortoises asking you to pull over into the slow lane so they could pass?
And “nobody puts baby in the corner” has to be the longest tag I’ve ever seen!
Jase, you would LOVE sledventuring. And I know, 4mph. So not impressive. Everyone else kept yelling “faster!” when it was their turn. Sorry to say, it did not cross my mind once to yell that when I was on the sled.
Oh, and that picture of Jenna? AMAZING!
I know! Only Jenna could get her stank face on while sledventuring!
That looks awesome! I did that once as a kid, but it’s been a LONG time. Way to go guys!
yeah, the guys were basically the heros of the night–what with their driving and pushing and toeholding–it was a blast!!
By “guys” I meant all of you – for daring to do something fun and crazy. It’s easy to just forget to be like that sometimes.
yeah, I knew you meant that. I guess I was just trying to point out that the guys were extra awesome. And so was Jenna. And fine, I’ll lump myself in with extra awesome for the night, too!
About the 4 mph: Arrive Alive!
What a fun time! A different kind of adventure!
ha! Yep, mom–arrive alive, indeed!!!
What about “don’t get back dead” – is there any merit to that?
That has a nice ring to it–mom should definitely start saying that instead.
Not to sound naive and just a shade stupid, but how exactly is the baby in the corner tag line a “pop reference?” Help me out here.
hahahaha pop, I guess it’s one of those references to you that you’ve blocked out!!!
Pop, are you joking? Popular reference, not a reference to Pop!
I was really assuming that pop was joking.
YOU WERE, RIGHT, POP???
umm…why yes, of course I was…
hehehe. That looks like fun. Jack and I just went sledding the first time in our lives about a year ago while we were in Wyoming. It was very fun, but there were no cars involved.
First time in your lives?!?! Wow! Mandy, congratulations–I guess in TX there just aren’t that many opportunities to sled, huh?
last night was so much fun! we gotta do that again asap!
p.s. “where is he?!”
I know! lol. And I’d never before heard the phrase, “that’s what she said” posed as a question:
“…That’s what she said..???”
and you still good in the refrigerator pants department, Jenna?
he’s right there, Jimbo!
hahahahaha.
Good question.
i think i’m pretty good in the refrigerator pants department, thanks.
The inside joke threshold has been exceeded.
so I suppose the free pass extends to the word ‘sexy’ and even ‘effing’ but stops here at the inside jokes, huh???
Hmmm. Interesting, Jase, that you mock Jessica for going only 4 mph on her sledventure. I seem to remember–back in December–another Palkovitz asking another Latshaw to go sledding behind the truck, and the request was declined absolutely. Not even attempted at 4 mph.
really, lindsay? what an interesting factoid to bring to the light. thank you for this…from the bottom of my heart…:-)
Looks like a great time was had by all…even you at 4 mph, Jess! Great pics, too, but doesn’t Jenna’s hand look broken or something in that picture?
oh yeah, I forgot to mention that unfortunately, Jenna broke her hand. oops!
hahahaha. anytime, jessica. just speaking the truth.
Linds, the plan was to do sledding behind the truck on a real road!! No thanks!!!
jase, that’s what we did!
yep. busted.
Irresponsible.
it was actually safe–there were hardly any cars out anyway and if there was one, we saw the headlights from miles away.
The only real danger was the very probable appearance of F. Subhuman.
sadly, you were in no great danger, for i can only run of speeds of up to 3.7 miles per hour, and my vehicle (you know the good ‘ol sb) doesn’t work in the snow…so youwere quite safe indeed.
yes, F. Subhuman, I can see how that does indeed make you sad that you couldn’t catch any of of us that night. You can understand, however, that I cannot really sympathize with you on this one since it was me who was one of the ones you would have been catching and I am quite grateful to not be strapped to the back of a stink bug, captive to your subhuman self.
This. Is. AWESOME!!!