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SunnySide · 02-09-2021, 12:18 PM

happy snowy thoughts ..

took my daughter snow tubing at Liberty, just maybe 30 mins north of frederick. beautiful drive by these farms and farmhouses with snowy fields and mountain backdrops. Then you go through main street of quaint small town emittsburg.

Snow tubing was great. daughter had a blast. youre outside with wind and masks and limited crowds so my covid concern was small.

I did injure my shoulder and break my glasses. Theres a bunch of snow tube lanes and you go down these lanes. They have these mats at the bottom, 5 or so in a row and as you go over them they slow you down. 1st couple of runs, the 2nd or 3rd mat would stop me. my second to last run, I made it to the last mat before stopping. It was getting dark and the snow was turning glassy and fast.

The line to go back up the hill started to grow long and snakes right behind the stopping mats. The line of people is maybe 5-10 feet past the last mat.

so its 5:45 and our time ends at 6. get in line. daughter wants me to go down first so I can then video tape her coming down. So i hop in the tube and down i go. and im going fast.

As I get closer to the bottom I hear people in line start to say things, in heightening concern. first it was a non chalant observational "hes coming fast" .. soon it was a yell of "HES NOT STOPPING!!". And im spinning a bit so I just see blurs of the people in line at the bottom.

I see an employee hop into my lane and assume a tackling position.

I get to the stopping mats and im flying over them. They are not slowing me down. I realize Im like 2 seconds away from taking out this teenage employee and a line of families behind him.

So I stick my foot down into the snow, crash and eat it hard. Immediately feel right shoulder pain.

I hop up trying to look cool in a very uncool situation and the teenager asks me if im alright and I say yes. tell the line of people I meant to do that and try to saunter away from my humiliation. I video tape my daughter coming down and another employee comes up to me and says "thats not supposed to happen". My daughter said all the employees up top of the slope were freaking out too.

So I drove home with one lens in my glasses and a right shoulder i couldnt move without pain.

I also had a situation at the Roy Rodgers in Frederick, might not go back there for a while.

02-09-2021, 12:18 PM	#115
SunnySide Playmaker Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 4,568	Re: F...Snow happy snowy thoughts .. took my daughter snow tubing at Liberty, just maybe 30 mins north of frederick. beautiful drive by these farms and farmhouses with snowy fields and mountain backdrops. Then you go through main street of quaint small town emittsburg. Snow tubing was great. daughter had a blast. youre outside with wind and masks and limited crowds so my covid concern was small. I did injure my shoulder and break my glasses. Theres a bunch of snow tube lanes and you go down these lanes. They have these mats at the bottom, 5 or so in a row and as you go over them they slow you down. 1st couple of runs, the 2nd or 3rd mat would stop me. my second to last run, I made it to the last mat before stopping. It was getting dark and the snow was turning glassy and fast. The line to go back up the hill started to grow long and snakes right behind the stopping mats. The line of people is maybe 5-10 feet past the last mat. so its 5:45 and our time ends at 6. get in line. daughter wants me to go down first so I can then video tape her coming down. So i hop in the tube and down i go. and im going fast. As I get closer to the bottom I hear people in line start to say things, in heightening concern. first it was a non chalant observational "hes coming fast" .. soon it was a yell of "HES NOT STOPPING!!". And im spinning a bit so I just see blurs of the people in line at the bottom. I see an employee hop into my lane and assume a tackling position. I get to the stopping mats and im flying over them. They are not slowing me down. I realize Im like 2 seconds away from taking out this teenage employee and a line of families behind him. So I stick my foot down into the snow, crash and eat it hard. Immediately feel right shoulder pain. I hop up trying to look cool in a very uncool situation and the teenager asks me if im alright and I say yes. tell the line of people I meant to do that and try to saunter away from my humiliation. I video tape my daughter coming down and another employee comes up to me and says "thats not supposed to happen". My daughter said all the employees up top of the slope were freaking out too. So I drove home with one lens in my glasses and a right shoulder i couldnt move without pain. I also had a situation at the Roy Rodgers in Frederick, might not go back there for a while.