Thursday, 3:00pmI pushed my timetable up a bit and put the liner down this afternoon in the relative warmth of the 40 degree temperatures. Friend and neighbor Jim gave me a hand and it took us only a few minutes. I put snow on the edge of the liner to keep it from lifting up in the wind. Normally I use 2x4's for that purpose but nature has saved me some labor.
Thursday, 3:30pmThe hose went in and Danny and I went off to hockey practice while it filled. I will only put a few inches of water in (4" in the deep end and 1" in the shallow end) until the snow falls tomorrow.
Thursday, 4:15pm
Looking kind of 'white-trashy' in the setting sun. Not the look Deb is looking for I am sure.
Looking kind of 'white-trashy' in the setting sun. Not the look Deb is looking for I am sure.
Thursday, 8:00pm
The rink has a couple of inches of water in the deep end and the water level is creeping up towards the shallow end.
The rink has a couple of inches of water in the deep end and the water level is creeping up towards the shallow end.
Thursday, 8:30pm
As time passes the temperature drops below freezing. My hope is that the ice that forms tonight will simply absorb the snow tomorrow, turning it into a slush. The slush will then freeze solid as temperatures will stay below freezing for a few days.
That's my plan and those are my Great Expectations; but things rarely go according to plan when you build and maintain your own backyard rink.
As time passes the temperature drops below freezing. My hope is that the ice that forms tonight will simply absorb the snow tomorrow, turning it into a slush. The slush will then freeze solid as temperatures will stay below freezing for a few days.
That's my plan and those are my Great Expectations; but things rarely go according to plan when you build and maintain your own backyard rink.
3 comments:
I would assume you have all this time because.........
Ah, Mr Scooter I am becoming more blog savy.Hopping from one to another. Do "Lady's" and "Angels" get to figure skate on your mighty rink?
G.A.
I have all this time because I am perhaps the luckiest man in all of New England.
G.A. - Perhaps your blog savyishness (new word I just invented) has taken you to some of my previous posts and you have already answered your own question.
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