I was able to watch the third period and the overtime play-off. I was worried about overtime because Canada appeared to out skate the US in the third period. I was very happy that the the US was able to take the game in over time. Yahoo!
Jess, I played pond hockey growing up. Lots of fun! A bunch of us rented a rink in the wee hours of the night a couple of times to play. Good times. It's been many years since I've skated now. Thanks for the well-wishes for safety in the upcoming snow storm. It's gonna be an historic storm.
Tony, my old ankles would not take ice skating kindly. I fell on my azz 10 times after our recent ice storm wearing good boots.
Remembering (way) back to skating and hockey on Lake Erie, the wind, waves, currents and snow made smooth ice hard to come by, and much of the time it was just heaved up snowy chunks. But once in a while we'd get 1-3 feet thick pure glass to skate on. Guys would make big canvas kites to use as sails and skate 50mph in the wide open winds out there. But the ice got progressively thinner the farther out you went and going through or off the end of it would have been a frigid death. Mom would worry and tell us kids not to go way out there.
I'm glad I don't live in that kind of weather anymore. My 96yo mom still does, and walks outdoors daily (on her walker) if there's no ice or snow.
No VA is just getting the edge of this storm. Rain all day, mixed with snow (slush) all night. Hopefully it melts off right away.
