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The winters were long. Sometimes snow came in October and didn't leave us until nearly the end of April. My sister's birthday fell on July 31st, and we went to a little lake farther up the mountain for a picnic and found snow still under the evergreens. Every child had a sled and romped about in the snow. Sometimes the older children went a distance down the road and when they heard sleigh bells waited, hoping for a ride back with the teams. If the driver was in a happy mood he would let them hitch their sleds behind and pile into the big sleigh. It was all uphill so not too dangerous. At times the roads were blocked after a big snowfall, so supplies came up in the buckets on the tramline. It was great fun watching sides of meat, bales of hay, etc. coming in by air.

read by Aja Lamb-Hartley