Sunday, January 18, 2009

the kids are alright



just about the time yer ready to lay down and just let the chinese take over the place - like say after watching some teevee show like 'Biggest Loser', or 'The Principal's Office', or any youth related thing ya might see on the Tru TV channel - ya come across a scene like this one.

the kids had 2 days off of school last week due to the cold snap, and we had a school sponsored bus-trip to Norway Mountain cancelled for the second week in a row. i was thinking maybe i'd take nicky and a couple of his buddies snowboarding someplace to shake the cabin fever, but to my suprise they declined. turns out they had been hanging out at the old abandoned little ski-hill on the edge of town - building jumps, dragging picnic tables half way up the hill and setting them up sk8-style, sculpting gaps, and setting up branches as rails to hit. all cool enuf, but they are over on the other run - this is the scene that struck me as i went out there to check em out . . . . . . . they passed on the drive, the free lift ticket, high speed chairs and ready made terrain parks for a cheesy hometown scene and - hiking up. maybe we'll be alright after all.

2 comments:

jwm said...

Thank Goodness that for every ten kids whining they can't find their nintendo DS, we've got a few of these.

-jwm

The Shed Master said...

That just ain't right. I say give 'em a drug test.