Great day for a skate...

Finally, the cold weather seems to have passed - at least for now - and today is a great day to be in Winnipeg. The temperature is low (-7 I think), the sky is overcast but that helps keep the temperature warmer so it's ok, there is a light snow falling and the river is cleared of snow on the skating path and a new cover of water has just frozen...it's skating time! Some people jog and that's fine for the summer, but the winter is for skating and since the longest skating path in Canada is just behind the River Gate Inn it just seems like the right thing to do.