What did you build as a kid. We built two tree forts. The first was at the top of a rock with

[applegrove]

a hanging ladder that went down 10 feet to the ground. There was a horde of about six of us building that fort between the ages of 8 and 11. There was wood slapped together in any old way, no walls, and two towers that went way up 3 stories in the trees. The second was built by my nerdy older brother down the hill. He was about 12. It practically had board & baton walls, a messanine with a railing and a trail to it through the woods covered with sand so he could bike to it. I think we had a waterfight between the two forts. But like in life, the really fun part was dreaming/building them. Once they were fully built they were promptly abandoned.

[NYC_SKP]

1. We lived next to a levee so had two great things:

Water in the river, and an inclined road coming down from the top of the levee.

So, boats and gravity powered carts, seems like every year!

We once ran metal cable between two large trees and used a pulley to create a (now what do you call those things??)

One end of the cable was higher than the other and we hung from the pulley and flew over to the other tree!

[Mendocino]

2. What do you call those things?

Zip Lines

I remember when we we had a huge snowfall, we built a snowfort that covered the whole backyard. Multi- levels, towers, tunnels, and secret exits. It was cold enough that it lasted for weeks. "Coolest" thing ever.

[NYC_SKP]

3. YES!

Zip Lines!

Thanks!

[Broken_Hero]

4. forts, igloo's, makeshift rafts and tons of

trenches for the numerous rock wars I was involved in.

[kentauros]

5. Just stuff to enable me to take things apart,

like a "work" bench

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. At various times, an excellent tree fort

way up high in a clump of cedar trees; a huge snow fort; a hovercraft that didn't work at all; cardboard wings (my brother jumped off the fence at the back of our house wearing cardboard wings, hoping to fly, but he didn't); and a still (this was more successful - we distilled fermented lemonade into a really nasty lemon brandy).