Slide Skates

Another beautiful day. Lightly snowing all day, but fairly mild. The agenda today was the ice slides just across the border in Quebec. We did them last year but it was very busy. This morning we got there a little earlier than last year, but not as early as we had wanted.

We managed to get a couples slides in before the crowds of school kids got there and all the kids had fun on them. Amy was a little hesitant, but the last slide I took her on she said she really enjoyed it.

Back at the house we had some lunch, the headed out to the canal for a little skating. I strapped on my new skates for a skate for the very first time. I have to admit that it is pretty cool that I own skates now.

Elliot doesn’t skate yet, so he got pulled along on a sled. Wow, what a workout that was. I pulled Elliot most of the way and the times I took a break I felt like I flew along the ice. I use My Tracks to keep a total of what I had done. I started recording late, but what I did record was pretty amazing. 4.6 Kilometres, average moving speed of 10 KM/H, and a max speed of 18.9 KM/H (that would be without the sled)! We stopped for a beavertail along the way too. Yum.

Somewhere along the way Amy fell asleep. She did that last year too. She never sleeps in the stroller, yet, once we hit the ice, she is out like a light.