50 Years of Frosty Fun

Labrador City has celebrated the Winter Carnival over the past week and it feels like the place has really come alive.  Tanya Beach, which is completely frozen over, has been turned into a big activity area with an ice stage, ice carvings, an outdoor ice rink, a hill for sliding and a snow boarding slope and  ramp.  The area has a real buzz to it and it feels like there are lots of young people there really enjoying themselves.

The Carnival Mascot

An ice carving starting to take shape.

Cooper's Wee College class had a sliding party on Friday morning at the sliding hill, the kids had a great time running up and down the hill, all three of us went in our fast orange sled a couple of times, Cooper slid with some of his friends but mostly on his own.  Cooper is so light and he just flies down the hill, most times he goes up and over the snow barrier at the bottom.  Ryder liked the GT Racers, one of the Mum's kindly took Ryder on this as I wasn't sure if I could drive it!  Afterwards we went to the Scout Hall next to the lake and the kids had hot chocolate and hot dogs! Cooper and Ryder were so worn out when we got home, they both crashed for a couple of hours!

What a gorgeous day!

On Friday night we went to an ice hockey game between two maintenance departments at IOC.  I really enjoyed it because it was so much slower than the NHL hockey game we had seen in Vancouver (obviously).  This time I could follow the puck and actually see out what was going on.

Cooper also tried out the outdoor ice rink on Saturday morning.  It was a lot bumpier than the ice at the arena but he was so excited to be skating on a pond.  We did some more sledding and watched the start of the ice carving competition.  On Saturday night we went to the Lab City ice show (more to follow on that!)  We were going to head over there again this afternoon but the weather has warmed up to +4 degC and it is snowing again.  Despite it being above zero it actually seems colder than the bright and sunny days below zero.  Oh no, I think I am actually complaining about the warmer weather!!

Pond skating