By: Caulen Kress
February 09, 2009 01:01 PM

Last Friday, the 400lb crew was treated to a wintery respite from our cozy office in the form of a skate on a local pond. Nate, Clint and I donned our skates and grabbed our sticks and pretended we were Canadian for a day. Made me wish I grew up north of the border! To boot, we couldn't ask for a better day, weather-wise.

Being that it was my first time on skates this year (and that I only learned last year), I excluded myself from some of the competitve activity. Still, it was a great time and I only fell about 3-4 times. Not bad considering the pond had some rough, snowy patches. I guess the zamboni was shut down that day? 

A recovering and voiceless Rebecca shot a lof of footage on Nate's new HD toy, so I'm sure there will be some smartly edited footage available soon. By smart I mean: make me look good!

We were also visited by Nate's wife and kids, so having Liam and Addy running around (or eating cereal, in Addy's case) added to the experience. The only bad thing is that it's supposed to be in the sixties this week, which means no more ice. Why did we only discover this near-perfect sheet of ice in February! Here's hoping we get in a few more skates before the pond transforms back into a little fishing hole (or maybe that will just create a different type of break...).