Time to get the rink ready for the Christmas holidays.  This year with the freezing rain we got the ice was a bit rough but it is thick enough and that is what is most important

 

 

Home from college and put to work clearing off the rink.  Shovel Jake shovel!

Someone finally ventured out on the ice

 

Long way to go.  You thought finals were hard, try shoveling the rink

 

Decision was made that we would have to do some flooding to make the ice smoother for skating.  -10 degrees and garden hose not a good combination

 

Yes it is cold out…. who wants to go skating…. not the person in the above picture… he likes his feet on the ground, not balanced on a blade

 

Nobody knows where the auger is, so time to chip it the old fashioned way

 

water pump

 

Pounding away the hard way to break through the ice.  Trick is when you get through to not let go of the metal pole

 

 

Working away.  The ice rink is quite the job to set up each winter

 

Getting the pump to fit in the hole and discovering the pump does not work…..

 

 

Water Pump not working time to get a different machine.  Lets try the leaf blower instead of shoveling because it just looks like more fun!

 

Working a trail around the lake

 

Hose hooked up directly to the pressure tank in the basement and run down the hill.  Finally getting water, but now the challenge is to keep it flowing so it does not freeze in the line

 

Someone else is having too much fun with the leaf blower

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water at last!  To be continued on a warmer day…