River Skating

We took advantage of the wonderful weather on Sunday. We headed down to "The Forks" for some skating on the river. They have plowed an 8.5km trail that goes from The Forks all the way up to Assiniboine Park. There are 2 tracks, one for skating and the other for walking on. Home Depot has built some shacks for sitting in to put skates on. There are trees all along the trail, and benches for resting every so often.

Our first stop on the river was at the CBC sponsored booth where they had some things for the kids to do. They got to build 'Inukshuks' made out of colored ice.

This is Ben's 'Inukshuk'. Then he wrecked it - that's half the fun. He wasn't allowed to touch the ones behind him, they belonged to someone else.

Ben also tried out some frozen water bowling!

This is the view of the river. Aidan and Chris are way up ahead of us. Ben and I were taking our time pushing the chair. Thanks for the idea Jodi, it worked really well and came in handy too.

The chair was so nice for Ben when he finally got tired. We were able to skate a lot further down the river than if we did not have it.
Chris and Aidan skating. Sam is on the toboggan behind Chris.

See just how handy that chair came in. I actually worked up a sweat pushing these two along. It was a great workout, and of course they were happy being pushed in their chariot. People stopped to look at us and thought it was such a great idea. Maybe we started a trend!

There was even a curling rink, complete with painted rings. Very uneven on this side, but they looked like they were having fun!!

The curling rink from a distance. See that on the left - a zambonie!

All in all it was a fun family day!! Hope to do it again soon!