Kids spend snow day sledding in Raleigh

Kids who had the day off from school enjoyed some sledding at Dorothea Dix Park on Thursday.
Posted 1/4/2018, 10:11:21 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:52:33 PM

NEIGHBORS USED BROOMS AS SNOW

SCRAPERS TO CLEAN OFF CARS.

>>> SNOW AND NO SCHOOL?

WHAT DO YOU DO?

YOU GO SLEDDING.>> WE FOUND

LOTS OF CHILDREN SLEDDING

THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

>> MR. SON, GRANT US A GOOD

SLEDDING.

IT'S MORE LIKE SLOW SLEDDING

BUT THAT'S OKAY.

>> IT MUST BE NICE TO BE OUT OF

SCHOOL?

>> OH YES.

I LIKE IT.>> Reporter: CAN WE

GO SLEDDING TO? DORTHEA DIX PARK

, WHERE THE SLEDDING IS FAST

AND THE HILL IS STEEP.

AND SLOWEY -- SNOW WE AND

LEAFY.

>> IT IS A SLIPPERY COMBINATION

OF BOTH.

>> AND WHAT A FUN COMBINATION.

KIDS AND SLEDS.

>> IT'S AWESOME.>> IS THERE

ENOUGH SNOW?

>> AB.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE

DEFINITELY ENOUGH SLEDS.

>> AN ANONYMOUS DONOR, DONATED

ALL OF THESE GREEN SLEDS AND

YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE ARE HAVING A

GREAT TIME WITH THEM.

>> Reporter: DONATED SLEDS.

500 OF THEM.

>> WE ARE COUNTING ON A LOT OF

SNOW.

WE ARE READY FOR IT.

WE HOPE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE

FUN HERE.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE HAVING A

LOT OF FUN.

>> ARE YOU WARMER THOSE

EARMUFFS?>> WELL MY AIR WAS COLD

-- IT WAS A COLD.

>> DON'T YOU WISH YOU WERE IN

SCHOOL TODAY?

>> NO!

[ LAUGHTER ].

>> IT IS NICE TO HAVE A

BEAUTIFUL NORTH CAROLINA WINTER

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