Jericho, Vermont Mystery Photo #6: Winter Sliding

Got snow (and ice); time to slide – Jericho style. This winter’s forecast calls for cold, snow, ice, which spells slippery. If we are to learn from the snowmen found in the area, we need to get outside because it is good for our health. However, slippery ice is like music; if you don’t C sharp you’ll B flat! 

     One might ask - how to travel about Jericho?  If you travel by car 

beware the speed bump on Browns Trace has a rating of 25 miles per hour. Any faster and your car might do a face plant on the downside.

     Fortunately, Jericho residents have discovered or exploited other winter travel methods. If it is slippery, let’s slide. 

For those more into the spectator side of the sport, consider sitting in chairs made of skis. 

If four wheels are still your thing, try an all-season Radio Flyer Classic Red Wagon – volunteer ‘puller’ required. 

For the younger set (under 2), a stroller is necessary. Mom or Dad is required to push and occasionally recover dropped mittens, hats, scarves, or drink bottles. 

For the slightly older brother or sister willing to risk just two wheels, a bicycle with especially knobby tires might do the trick. 

Don’t worry about working brakes – stopping and ice are not synonymous. 

For those older yet, but not old enough to know better, winter motorcycle is the tool of choice. 

However, wear a helmet – you will slide into something if not everything.

Feeling really hardy, but afraid of too much speed on the Jericho slopes and sidewalks, not to mention the back steps? Get in touch with nature - go barefoot in the snow. 

Just don’t standstill. As the snow will melt, you will freeze. None of these fit your fancy? There is always the age-old favorite, a Speedway sled.

     So if you find Jericho covered with snow and ice, remember to go slow, choose a custom transportation apparatus, and then get outside and slide, slip, skate, glide, descend, tiptoe. Watch out for the downside, decline, downturn, drop, and fall. For those get back to nature folks, if your warm bare feet step off the snow and onto the ice, hold still – until spring.

     Bernie Paquette discovers by observation; then shares photos and stories highlighting why Jericho Vt. is a special place! 

View more Jericho Mystery photos. What is your winter sliding apparatus choice? Send your sliding photos or Jericho stories to Bernie.paquette@yahoo.com.

                                             Sledders at Casey's hill in nearby Underhill, VT.