More winter fun

Dave, Meg, Darcy, Grant and I took advantage of the beautiful weather on Saturday and hit the canal for some skating. The ice conditions were pretty much perfect - definitely a hundred times better than the last time Grant and I went (a few weeks ago). The weather was pretty much perfect too - bright sunshine and temperatures around minus 4 degrees celcius. It was busy, but not overly so. We skated the whole thing, from Dow's Lake down to the Rideau St bridge and back. We also hit Patterson's Creek along the way and then up towards the locks in the experimental farm at the end of the skate. I got a chance to practice stopping and skating backwards, and Grant did his old trick of shooting the duck. By the way, photo is courtesy of Dave and the rest of his photos can be found here. It was a great day and I hope to be able to get back out at least once more this winter.