You’ve Never Seen A Sliding Hill Like The One At Palo’s Laskiainen Festival [VIDEO]
I took my family up to Laskiainen Festival in Palo, MN this weekend. Laskiainen (lus-key-eye-nen) is a Finnish celebration of the changing seasons. Locally, there is a celebration every year in Palo, and this was actually our first time going. We were excited to try out the sliding hill! When we go there, it was a little more intense than we imagined.
Our (almost) 8 year old decided he was going to be brave enough to try. So he stood in line for a while, and I patiently waited for him at the bottom of the hill. I saw people flying by with the sounds of the sleds screaming on the ice chute. I thought to myself, "I hope he's ok, I hope he doesn't chicken out, I hope he won't panic and lose control."
Well, here's what happened: