When I walked outside this morning I noticed a definite increase in temperature. It was zero.
My brother in law took their son to play ice hockey at about 6:30 am. My sister took my other nephew and I a bit later. I did some videoing of the game and he particularly enjoyed seeing himself scoring a goal when I played the tape back to him later. My nephew's in the yellow jersey hitting the puck into the net. After the game we joined the neighbours whose son was also playing, for breakfast at Dave's Diner, another tradition.
My brother in law took their son to play ice hockey at about 6:30 am. My sister took my other nephew and I a bit later. I did some videoing of the game and he particularly enjoyed seeing himself scoring a goal when I played the tape back to him later. My nephew's in the yellow jersey hitting the puck into the net. After the game we joined the neighbours whose son was also playing, for breakfast at Dave's Diner, another tradition.
Our plan was to go snow tubing at a place called River Valley. It was about a 20 minute drive south west of Stratford. I was a bit nervous of uncontrolled tubing down a snow slope, but it turned out to be rather tame, and enjoyable. We had 2 options of getting to the top of the slope; by cable lift or walking up the short slope.
We chose the lift for the first time, just because it was there. The attendant attached the rope to the hook and motorised winch system took you seated in your inflated tube up the slope.
Then there was a rather long wait in the 4 queues at the start of each of the 4 rides down the hill. The attendants are very safety conscious and wait until the last person and others are completely clear at the end before allowing you to proceed. Then you just kick off and slide uncontrollably down the channelled rides. Quite fun.
We had a break after the 2nd ride and headed for the little restaurant for lunch. Then back to the slope for some filming and by this time it had started to snow. We only did one ride as our 2 hour time limit was almost up. Another first.
The rest of the afternoon we rested at home and got Google Talk working on the computer. Hopefully we can chat when I get home. That should save on phone bills.
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