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ProfessorGAC

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59. Toboggan Rides

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:17 AM

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A city owned golf course across town was pretty hilly.
In winters, they would build a toboggan chute at the top of the hill for the 12th hole.
It was a good 275 yard downhill run.
That tee box was only about 40 yards from the clubhouse, so we could go there to warm up & get hot chocolate.
We probably went 6 or 7 times a year (different parents would take turns doing the shuttling across town).
I'd guess there would be 6 to 8 kids and 2 or 3 toboggan.
In the next town north, the had a city park with a very long hill. We used to go there with snow disc's. My uncle (divorced, with ex-wife having custody) would take us a few times a year.
He was a very fun loving WW2 vet and with his time with his kids limited, he loved taking the nieces & nephews out for fun.
That was pretty much my fun in the snow as a kid.

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What outdoor activities did you do in the snow as a child or as an adult? I liked to build a snowman family.How about [View all] debm55 Monday OP

All of them. Ocelot II Monday #1

Wow, Ocelot II, you must really love the winter weather. Thank you very much. debm55 Monday #3

Have always loved playing outdoors in the winter WestMichRad Monday #2

Exactly, I could remember sweating when I was outside as a kid and cross country skiing at the golf course. debm55 Monday #18

I recall a rather snowy stretch in North Philly in the early 60s BOSSHOG Monday #4

Thank you very much BOSSHOG. Yes, it was dangerous, but I can tell in your post that you had one heck of a time doing it debm55 Monday #22

Sledding, sledding, sledding PikaBlue Monday #5

Thank you PikaBlue. I will include with the snow forts----SNOWBALL FIGHTS!!!!!!!!! debm55 Monday #23

Me too, PikaBlue. Sledding🛷, sledding, sledding. Polly Hennessey Monday #37

As an "adult" WmChris Monday #6

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Thank you very much WmChris for reminding us the dangers of heavy snow. You are are very great person for doing what you debm55 Monday #24

I tossed this in the back of their truck... Nittersing Tuesday #45

Nice gesture WmChris Tuesday #47

We slid down hills on cardboard. SamKnause Monday #7

Oh , SamKnause I love your post, I can feel the excitement of a young child experiencing the snow and the activities. debm55 Monday #25

Just the hood. It wasn't attached to a car. SamKnause Tuesday #41

Snow ice cream! Dear_Prudence Monday #9

Thank you very much Dear_Prudence. for sharing that memory . I remember that so well. debm55 Monday #27

I forgot to mention snow ice-cream in my post. SamKnause Tuesday #42

actually did 'ice fishing' once or twice stopdiggin Monday #10

HAHHAHHAHAHAHAH. never tried ice fishing. Did they have those little cabins with the open bottoms to fish through. Thank debm55 Monday #17

Sledding, snowball fights, snow forts.... LogDog75 Monday #11

That sounds wonderful LogDog75, I can tell by your post that you loved it. debm55 Monday #16

I grew up in Los Angeles DBoon Monday #12

Thank you very much, DBoon . Around Pittsburgh I don't think it is that high. Just our weather around here. PS Some debm55 Monday #15

Sled riding! johnp3907 Monday #13

Yes, sled riding. Thank you johnp3907. Sled riding!!! I lived near a hill called the double dip. You would go down the debm55 Monday #14

Boot hockey on a nearby pond JMCKUSICK Monday #19

Thank you very much, John. That sounds interesting as I near learned how to skate. debm55 Monday #20

Booting!!! Nittersing Tuesday #46

Thank you very much, Nittersing. I tried to skate but I had/have very weak ankles. debm55 Tuesday #50

I was raised in a small rural town with lots of snow every winter. Weren't we lucky to grow up with all the activities KitFox Monday #21

Thank you, KitFox. loved the joy in your post. I am glad you posted. You bought back the memory to me of climbing up the debm55 Monday #28

It doesn't snow where I live, so nothing. Basso8vb Monday #26

Sorry , Basso8vb. But you can share the fun by reading the posts and sharing with our days in the snow. debm55 Monday #29

I had the fastest sled, gab13by13 Monday #30

Thank you gab13by13 . But I can see the younger you, waxing up the runners, going down the steep hill with the cold wind debm55 Monday #33

You are a visionary, gab13by13 Monday #39

That was a great idea. Ty gab13by13. debm55 Tuesday #51

Skiing & hockey GP6971 Monday #31

Thank you very much, GP6971.for sharing. Thosw are wonderful winter activities. debm55 Tuesday #53

We used to bomb down steep snowy hills on stolen cafeteria trays. WestMichRad Monday #32

We did that too, at Penn State. No alcohol. Pure joy. Thank you my friend, WestMichRad. debm55 Monday #35

When I was little oberle Monday #34

Thank you very much, oberle. Sled riding at night sounds wonderful and dreamy. debm55 Tuesday #56

Flying saucers, metal back then plastic now. sheshe2 Monday #36

Thank you so much sheshe2 for sharing with us. It sounds delightful . I tried to make an igloo. but was never successful debm55 Tuesday #57

Also enjoyed the snow - still do. Bavorskoami Monday #38

Thank you very much Bavorskoami. You still have the child in you that enjoys the wonders of winter. debm55 Tuesday #58

Been skiing since I was 3 pfitz59 Tuesday #40

Wonderful , thank you for sharing with us, Pfitz59. debm55 Tuesday #60

Sledding, snowball fights, ice skating.... electric_blue68 Tuesday #43

Thank you very much for sharing with us electric_blue.68. You had a lot of activities and cousins to have winter fun. debm55 Tuesday #48

Definitely lucky to have them! electric_blue68 Tuesday #65

You're welcome debm55 Tuesday #66

Same things as in the summers in sunny Florida :) lostnfound Tuesday #44

lostnfound. a child lives in all of us. I love how you are doing your winter activities now.Love, deb debm55 Tuesday #49

My mom who put my twin brother and I in snowsuits and put us outside applegrove Tuesday #52

Thank you very much applegrove for sharing the memories of you winter activities as a child. debm55 Tuesday #55

Skating on the pond. Sneederbunk Tuesday #54

Thank you very much, Sneederbunk. I always wished I could skate. While watching my friends it always seemed so graceful debm55 Tuesday #61

Toboggan Rides ProfessorGAC Tuesday #59

thank you very much, ProfessorGAC. That toboggan run sounds exciting. Would have loved to try it. debm55 Tuesday #62

Ride our sleds down the street get the red out Tuesday #63

Thank you very much , get the red out , for sharing your childhood memory of sled riding. Beautiful memories my friend. debm55 Tuesday #64

Living all my life in Minnesota, LakeVermilion Tuesday #67

Dear Lake Vermilion , shoveling snow is very good, Dare I say terrific. Let your inner child out and make a small debm55 Tuesday #68

I could make a snowman. Tried skiing but I couldn't stop and would fall. Tried ice skating and the same thing. TommieMommy Tuesday #69

Thank you TommieMommy . You sound like me--no ice skating, no down skiing but I did do cross country skiing. Its more debm55 Tuesday #70