[youtube]6t7QwSo9H4w[/youtube] And tubing, and skiing, and snowboarding. Big thanks to my friend Jack (in Malibu!) for bringing this to my attention. These are the Meeting Street steps that run from Congdon Street down towards Benefit. There’s even a little mushing along Prospect Terrace.
I got your ‘whee’ right here. This snow is bad for snowballs and snowmen, but great for angels and sledding. The screams of terror/delight coming from the Moses Brown hill on Lloyd Avenue can be heard blocks away.
I moved to Providence in part BECAUSE OF the snow — mixed with the hills. I was a passionate sledder in my youth, having grown up in a particularly hilly corner of the Maryland suburbs of DC. I have great memories of snow-days past: The 9th-grade ice-storm that had school closed for a whole week, …