WRAL's Kelsey Coffey gives sledding another shot at Dix Park in Raleigh
BUILDING CREDIT.
>> WHENEVER THERE IS MEASURABLE
SNOW IN THE TRIANGLE, THE YOUNG
AND THE YOUNG AT HEART HAD TO
DIX PARK IN RALEIGH IS A HOT
SPOT. AND THAT IS RIGHT.
WE'RE KELSEY COFFEE DECIDED TO
WELL GIVE HER SLEDDING SKILLS.
ANOTHER GO THIS MORNING
>> HURRAY FOR A SNOW DAY IN
RALEIGH. A TIME OF JOY FOR THE
YOUNG AND THE YOUNG AT HEART.
A FAMILIAR EXPERIENCE FOR MARY
JACKSON AND HER DOG YANNI WHO
USED TO LIVE IN UTAH WHERE IT
SNOWS ALL THE TIME PEOPLE GET.
>> BOARD OF IT. THEY GET
FRUSTRATED BY IT. BUT HERE I
LOVE THE EVERYONE GETS SO
EXCITED AND THAT MAKES IT SO
FUN. DIX PARK WITH A PLAYGROUND
FOR ALL AGES TODAY TO ENJOY
SLEDDING.
>> INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE A
LITTLE INEXPERIENCE AND THEY
NEED TO PUSH.
>> IT WAS 5 YEAR-OLD NOAH
ROSENTHAL'S FIRST TIME. A MUCH
FINER. WE HAVE NO ONE. YEAH.
YEAH. 100% NO WAS DEAD. JAKE
SAYS THEY HAD TO NAVIGATE.
I SEE ROADS HEADING INTO THE
PARK. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS A
LITTLE ICY AND A LITTLE BIT OF
SNOW ON THE GROUND. RALEIGH
MAYOR JANET CAL SAYS SAFETY
WAS THE CITY'S NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY AHEAD OF THE SNOW.
A HUGE EFFORTS ON BRINING THE
STREETS. I THINK THAT A LOT OF
THE MAIN STREET SEEM TO BE
PRETTY GOOD. BUT OF COURSE,
STAY HOME. IF YOU DON'T HAVE
TO GET OUT. JACKSON ONLY
TRAVELED A FEW BLOCKS TO SLED
AT DIX PARK, GIVING HERSELF
A MOMENT TO EMBRACE THE WONDER
OF WINTER SNOW REALLY SERENE
TO ME. BUT HAS THIS ENERGY AT
THE SAME TIME AND ENERGY, A
FEELING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN
OFTEN IN RALEIGH. BUT WHEN IT
DOES, IT BRINGS MAGIC KELSEY
COFFEE, WRAL NEWS.
>> AND KELSEY REDEEMED HERSELF
WONDERFULLY FROM THAT FAILED.
THE LAST TIME SHE WENT SLEDDING
CREATED A PICTURESQUE SCENE
NEAR ONE UNIVERSITY NEAR THE
COAST. A FEW STUDENTS AT ECU UP
BEFORE DAWN TESTING OUT THEIR
SNOWBOARDING SKILLS. THERE.
ONE STUDENT SAYS HE WAS UP ALL
NIGHT WAITING FOR HIS MOMENT.
HIS FRIEND SAID IT WAS HIS