Greetings from chilly Minneapolis, where we've had a heat wave lately - up to 30 for a few days now! The 'warmth' caused a lot of melting, but then things freeze again so most of the sidewalks around here have turned to solid ice. It seemed like a perfect time for ice skating!
It was pretty icy just getting the five blocks or so over to the the lake.
Here's the lake! (Just watch out for thin ice areas.)
They have a warming "house" and a pile of skates that people can borrow for free. Jeremy and Ian (Jeremy's brother) both had their own skates. I had to dig through the pile to find a pair that fit.
We're on the ice!
Some places had the most amazing clear ice going down some distance and all these frozen air bubbles coming up - it looked like the starry night sort of.
Here are a couple shots of Ian and I skating - I'm the one that looks like a giant sloth.
But, for my first time ever skating, I never fell down (or fell through the ice)!!