i could skate away on...i would teach my feet to flyyyyyy! i took my skates and maps over to visit the pendletons, the first, knowing they would be checking the ice out and go on the slimmest possibility of a skate. the second, my way of interesting them in planning where we would use all the snow we were forecasted to get tomorrow. when i went by the lake there was ice, pretty ugly but frozen. i didn't bother to stop, i assumed we would be there in a short while. sure enough, when i got to their house skip was just getting back from his scouting--we were going. they gathered up a pair of blades for each, save morgan who was flat out on the couch with a stomach bug--yuk.
not too much later, linda, skip, and noah were skating away while simon and i finished putting our skates on. as we pushed away from the milk carton benches chasing after, my immediate thought was, don't be so critical, this is pond ice. it could have been my leg muscles jiggling or the rattle in my teeth that gave it away, but the surface was a bit bumpy. still, as long as you didn't trip and do a superman or worse the splits as a soft spot grabbed one of your blades while the other glided on, it felt like skating--it was my first time out this winter.
considering all that, it also felt pretty magical to be flying about out in the fresh air. the wind wasn't whipping and it wasn't all that cold. whenever good ice was found, we circled around for a bit until someone shot off looking for another spot. at times somewhat together, other times spread way out, we were searching for the proverbial "best skating ever." after a couple of circumnavigations and several criss-crosses we skated back to the milk cartons and de-skated--lunch-o'clock.
a wonderful soup and sandwich later, we dealt away five of ten phases in a favorite card game. when skip handily beat us, we decided to go back for a second skate around. by we, i mean all but morgan, still on a couch, though a new one, and now skip celebrating his win, or saving his back for the ski we had planned for the snow coming in.
a thin film of snow covered the ice this time and it was just a tad bit harder to find those sweet smooth spots, but we tried for an hour or so. i explored a couple of the bays i hadn't skated into in the morning, but never found the perfect spot. still, when i took my blades off, i was happy to have been out. as we got into our vehicles we promised to call each other tomorrow for the next adventure.
not too much later, linda, skip, and noah were skating away while simon and i finished putting our skates on. as we pushed away from the milk carton benches chasing after, my immediate thought was, don't be so critical, this is pond ice. it could have been my leg muscles jiggling or the rattle in my teeth that gave it away, but the surface was a bit bumpy. still, as long as you didn't trip and do a superman or worse the splits as a soft spot grabbed one of your blades while the other glided on, it felt like skating--it was my first time out this winter.
considering all that, it also felt pretty magical to be flying about out in the fresh air. the wind wasn't whipping and it wasn't all that cold. whenever good ice was found, we circled around for a bit until someone shot off looking for another spot. at times somewhat together, other times spread way out, we were searching for the proverbial "best skating ever." after a couple of circumnavigations and several criss-crosses we skated back to the milk cartons and de-skated--lunch-o'clock.
a wonderful soup and sandwich later, we dealt away five of ten phases in a favorite card game. when skip handily beat us, we decided to go back for a second skate around. by we, i mean all but morgan, still on a couch, though a new one, and now skip celebrating his win, or saving his back for the ski we had planned for the snow coming in.
a thin film of snow covered the ice this time and it was just a tad bit harder to find those sweet smooth spots, but we tried for an hour or so. i explored a couple of the bays i hadn't skated into in the morning, but never found the perfect spot. still, when i took my blades off, i was happy to have been out. as we got into our vehicles we promised to call each other tomorrow for the next adventure.
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