Postby kevmac » Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:33 pm
First the bad news: My winter mistress took a beating this weekend.
Then the good news (well sort of): It's a high of -15'C (0'F) today
We skated on Saturday afternoon until it hit about 2'C. It was a beautiful day until late evening when I started BBQing some beautiful steaks and it decides to start raining with some snow mixed in for good measure. I monitored the rink for parts of the evening and Mother Nature was doing a nice good of resurfacing the ice so I decided to go to bed. I awoke to see a lovely layer of slush covering the rink as it turned to snow overnight. The wind must have picked up as well because there was a couple of branches laying in the slush (FANTASTIC!) - did I mention that it was still snowing and that I was rushing off to the local arena for my Men's league game? Play the game and a couple of pints standing in the parking lot with snow blowing in my face, I decided I would head home and check on the rink (and prepare for the NFC Championship game - GO NINERS!) I knew that if I started removing the slush, I was in for a multi-hour task and I wasn't going to miss the football game. I decided to wait it out.
After both games were over, I checked the weather and it was -12'C -> huge difference from when I awoke on Sunday morning and it was -3'C. I thought that the slush would have hardened to the point where I could shovel off the snow, unfortunately this was not the case. I could 'stand' on the slush but the shovel dug in when I tried to scrape. I packed it in and will give it another whirl tonight when I am sure it will be harder than a rock. I can honestly say I will have added about 2 inches of thickness to the ice due to the slush. Hopefully I can get it back to 'glass'.
Wish me luck!
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