Rockford- still 1955ish

Far Left: DJ getting "air" at the jump

Left: Mom "gliding?" the slope very ladylike

Well, Rockford got its fair share of snow in winter. We built igloos in the snowdrifts in the street (no one bothered to tell us it could be dangerous), sledding down the hill behind the backyard, and a special treat would go to the big hills at a park. We would race down the frozen hills. RJ and DJ would take candles and wax the runners on their sled. I didn't, hence leaving a long orange trail behind me as I leisurely coasted to the bottom. In this case, I froze and missed the jump at the bottom of the hill. To my credit, however, I did not miss the telephone pole.

DJ comment: Yes, we made sledding trails through the trees in the house behind ours with jumps and banked turns. The photo above is a classic, but might have been from the hill in LaGrange Park...don't know for sure. RJ would remember. How cool, though, that it gets the immediate moment of impact.

On the right is the hill behind our house, although one doesn't appreciate the precipitous slope in this photo...