Saturday, January 25, 2014

The Capitol Reflecting Pond Ice Skating Rink

Most folks go to the Sculpture Garden Ice Skating rink this time of year to participate in this winter sport. They come in all shapes and sizes, and basically try to make their way around and around with many more out lookers than skaters in sight. Closer to our neighborhood is the new rink that opened last year near the baseball stadium. Canal Park looks more like something out of Hans Christian Andersen with a figure eight ice configuration and modern design elements. Although not an official ice skating rink, the Capitol reflecting pond has frozen over and some fools think it's the place to be. Living in Milwaukee, we often heard of dopes who would snowmobile on to the ice and fall through, and the opening scene of the movie It's A Wonderful Life shows George falling though the ice and paying for it with hearing loss. That doesn't stop some people from behaving in a way I could never dream about. Let's hope the ice is as solid as it looks. There was one ice skater and many more pedestrians walking on water. It makes for an interesting photo shoot, but let's keep our fingers crossed. 









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