Ice Skating Adventure!

Over the weekend, we experienced the aquatic equivalent of cross country skiing: long distance ice skating! Looks like this:



This adventure took place on a frozen bay with paths plowed into the snow (we just got 20-30 cm of snow on Friday and it's not melting in this -5 to -20ºC weather!).

Just as there are street bikes and mountain bikes, so too are there special ice skates for this purpose:

They have longer blades than hockey or figure skates, which makes it easier to pick up speed. They're also completely flat (no up/down curve in the blade) for a smooth ride over the ripply or snowy surface of the ice. It's harder to make a sudden turn but it's not something that comes up that often. (Kevin had a much harder time in his non-long distance ice skates, so it seems to really make a difference!)

Anyway, the view was phenomenal, and it felt really nice to get the blood moving after spending so much time carefully maneuvering snowy and icy pathways.