That coating ice in New England is just awful. One morning when I
lived in Jersey I awoke to a THICK coating of that stuff on
everything, followed by 8 inches of snow. My backyard was a large
hill. It was an Winter Olympic year.

I decided to carve out my own personal bobsled track. I used a rail
sled. The track ended with me careening into a 8 ft. high snow
drift. School was canceled. I spent all day out there. It was the
coolest thing I ever did as a kid.