Time to hit the slopes!

I like being out-of-doors, but not so much in winter-time. While I generally just dislike the cold, I also don't have any winter hobbies that one would normally do outside. I don't ski or snowboard and I don't want to pay for the equipment. I can't skate. And with that, there's only one affordable conventional winter sport left that I can pull myself into the cold air for.

We went sledding last week near my parents' place. Dad has a small wooden sled and a crazy carpet. They worked great. The little kids each got to hit a little jump at the bottom in the little wooden sled. We also had our little foam sled that you need to push all the way down the hill. I needed to push the foamy one all the way down the hill.

None of these sleds had steering. I like steering on a sled. It got me thinking again about building sleds and stuff. So, the last few days I've been looking at sleds and other hill-descent contraptions and came across something that I had the necessary parts for.

Today, I had the itch to make something, so make I did! I have a scooter with no wheels that I picked up at the dump. I also picked up some old skis someone was throwing away. In fact, I think just about everything I used on this project was from the dump.

I made a ski-scoot! Or whatever it can be called. A scooter with skis instead of wheels.

It's my ski-scoot.

It was a rush to get it done before I lost daylight, but I did. Excited to try it out soon.