We stepped outside and oh how triumphant it was!  The lush green grass and those barren trees!  The sweet smell (so I'm told) of the air after 28 days of straight rain.  This would be a day like no other!  A Winter like no other!  A Winter in the West!

Look, up in the sky!

Perhaps our luck was already changing towards the better, as Matt keenly spotted some clouds off in the distance.  Would they bring more rain?  Or perhaps a bit of snow?

As a child, I always remembered how much I loved eating snow.  The taste and texture of newly fallen snow was the best.  Yet I was a child and was always scolded by my mother over eating the snow.  Always being told never to eat the snow!  Oh yeah, well now I can do what I want!

In your face mom!

The Western Snow might not have the same taste and texture as real snow, but it will always mean the same to me in my heart.  Unless grass causes heart disease.

We were finally past the preliminaries and moved onto a classic winter event... sledding!  Here in the West we may not have fancy sleds with their handles and their plastic, but we can still manage.  We have something much better... we have a refrigerator box!

The two of us quickly found the biggest hill in the area to try out our Western Sled.  Images of flying down the hill at top speeds flashed through our heads.  We could hardly contain ourselves!  With the fresh cardboard on the slick grass, how could this not work!?

Wee.

Matt soared down the hill faster than a speeding bullet!  He broke many barriers, sound, light, taste, and finally came to a halt ages away from where he started!  With victory comes confidence, and Matt was not finished.  For Matt was an innovator and placed the sled along the hill.  He would no longer use the sled, but become a sled.

Any caption would take away from this moment in time

Amazed by what I just saw, I had to try it.  I had to attempt to put my name next to his among the Gods of Winter!

Children will learn of this moment for years to come...

You ain't seen nuthin' yet! >>

Jaybird currently resides in Seattle where he reads comics, works in a library, and writes for this site.  He has also been known to blow your mind, rock your world, and eat pizza.