Winter Fun

Apparently it’s winter. That means snow. Silly me, my idea of heaven, paradise, perfection is the beach – hot sun, warm sand, ocean breeze, waves. But everywhere I go in SL it’s snowing. It was snowing at the AIDS benefit concert. It has snowed at the Crown and Pearl. Shengri La is covered with snow. And Aintree Willow is snowbound as well. So fine. Thank goodness I found a freebie jacket in my inventory. It will keep me going til I have time to go shopping for something else. Shopping – a hobby for all seasons.

Honour is my good friend. She has rescued me when I threw myself under a bus (um, for those of you who don’t know what that means, it has to do with trees. Even more than that – I owe my SL home to Honour. I love wandering about Aintree in her gardens, seeing all the neat things that she builds. So when Honour says that she’s built this wonderful new toboggan ride and I should come be among the first to try it, well, of course I go. Despite the snow. The cold. The fact that I am really really bad at steering. The fact that I do NOT have winter-appropriate clothing.

I got to be among the first to slide down the tobaggon slide. My first attempt – oh my word. I missed the tube entirely and hit the wall by the fire. 🙂 I TOLD you I don’t steer very well. So I sat and sulked in a chair by the fire, trying to thaw my frozen toes while the other three went sliding down the chutes. Once they’d finished debugging the scripts (oh now – THAT must have been why I couldn’t steer, right??) and were standing about discussing the neat twists and turns, I decided that it was time to try again. So I made them explain VERY CAREFULLY exactly what it was I was supposed to do. Gee, it couldn’t be simpler. You right-click the toboggan and sit on it. Then you use your arrow keys to move forward and through the chute. Yes – you need to steer once you are in there. I admit it – it is a blast!!! A lot of fun, with wonderful wind sound effects as you speed down and through the chute. Very cool, very fun. Definitely a place you can take the whole family.

For those of you who, like me, think you prefer the creature comforts of the lodge, Honour has provided that as well. Big comfy chairs around the fire, with hot cocoa and coffee available. You can TP from the bottom of the mountain to the top and back again, no toboggan slide necessary. There are free ice skates available and a free sled. LOTS to do and enjoy. Even for a beach gal such as myself. 🙂 I had fun! Thanks Honour!