Canal is Open

Thursday - Feb 2 - Biking 48 km, Skating 10 km

Rode to work in the morning. Biked home with light snow that made visibility somewhat poor. No accumulation to worry about at least. About half my ride home was in daylight. I am looking forward to the day (soon) when I can forgo lights altogether. After supper I biked down to the canal with Rob to skate the open portion (Dows Lake to Pretoria). The ice conditions were perfect. In fact they were better last night than they were any day last year. Combine the ice surface with my newly sharpenned skates and it made for really nice travel.