Day 334 – Ice Skating

As we inch closer to the first official day of winter, my town is embracing these lovely upcoming months in true style. Just a few blocks away from my home, they just opened up the Newport Skating Center…an outdoor skating rink!! Ok, first of all….I LOVE to ice skate!! Second of all…I have never skated on an outdoor rink.

So today was the first day it was open. They had a huge celebration, hot cocoa and cookies, carolers, Santa and the elves and skating performances with a local skating academy. Vinny and I wandered over and checked things out. But we went first for dinner and waited for the mass crowd to die down a bit and they opened adult skating from 9:00-11:00 pm.

I grabbed my skates that the kids bought me for Christmas a few years back and we walked on over. Mom decided to meet us there but she wasn’t up to skating. (So nice of her though to take a bunch of pictures). She was laughing and having a great time right along with us anyways. When we got there… there really weren’t a whole lot of people. The kids and families had cleared out and we had a lot of the rink to ourselves which was awesome. By about 10:00 pm there was a lot more couples and groups of friends. The music was going and they had an awesome assortment of “club style” songs, throwbacks and some holiday music- it was perfect!

Vinny and I skated around, frontwards, backwards, he pulled me, I pulled him, played around chasing each other and I even spun around a bit! It was so much fun!! When we were done we got such a kick out of being able to just walk home in a matter of minutes. When we lived in NC, the rink was like an hour away so this was super awesome for sure. Anyhow, we look forward to going back quite often this winter and can’t wait for the kids to join us soon as well. #Cheers #HappyFriday #HGAL