This week we got our first taste of winter. With wind chill the temperature reached 33 degrees below zero. Surprisingly, it didn't seem that cold- I guess we are turning into true Minnesotans :) One nice thing about the cold winters here is that people just don't sit around inside and wait for spring to come, they plan festivals and outdoor activities. Fun but cold! We attended two of these outdoor activities in the past two weeks and are still alive to tell the tale.
Our first adventure was Red Bull Crashed Ice in St. Paul. The website describes it as ice hockey, downhill skating and boardercross; to me it looked like men on ice skates racing down a bobsled track. Check it out for yourself.
The course began at St. Paul's cathedral and wound around and down a hill to the location where we were standing. There were also small hills throughout the course that made the run more of a challenge. This is definitely something we will check out again next year!
You can check out the website to see more races at
Our second winter adventure took place yesterday at Lake Nokomis at the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships. The entire lake froze over and they created several mini ice rinks on the lake. Cody and I bundled up with our omni heat pants, coats, gloves, hats, and boots and we were still freezing. We were so glad that there were warming tents with heaters to help us thaw. We stayed for a total of an hour and visited the warming tent three times! We saw a grand total of one half of a hockey game before the cold wind forced us to leave.
"The way hockey was meant to be played" (out in the elements)
Apparently we are not tough enough...
One of the games we watched
These outdoor activities helped me to appreciate our hot chocolate/ apple cider maker!
I got cold reading this post!! :)
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