Wednesday, January 14, 2009

My Winter Break

In winter break I went to Canada to see my grandparents and see snow again. At first we were going to go to Thailand but my grandpa was in the hospital and so we changed our plans and went to Canada. At my cottage near ottawa I shoveled an ice rink on a frozen lake to play hockey on with my dad and uncle in -25 degrees.

It took a while to make and take care of the rink but it was worth it as that was basically what i did the whole holiday. The lake was a tiny bit bumpy to skate on and there were a lot of ruts in the ice which I tripped on a million times leaving my elbows and knees bruised everywhere. To fix the ruts after each day I would get buckets of water and flood the ice so that the water would freeze over them. Also overnight one day there was a lot of snow and I had to completely re-shovel the lake.

As well as hockey I also played in the snow sometimes but the only bad thing about my break was that I had to shovel my grandparents and my cottage driveway and I never even got paid!

8 comments:

Amber said...

Wow! You had to shove the lake all of your vacation? Is your grandfather better?

Daniel said...

That stinks to re-shovel the lake.
Is your grandfather better??

Kaori said...

OMG!! I really want to go to Canada and experience ice skate on the river in -25! well I need to be able to skate first though...(==
the coldest place that I have ever been to was Japan and it was only 3... Anyways, that was a good writing and i really hope that your grandfather will get better.

穆罕默德/Muhammad said...
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穆罕默德/Muhammad said...

What a good holiday you had and I am sure you have alot of fun even though you are not not being paid!I threw alot of snowballs when i was living in Tehran but I did not skate on ice. I hope your grandpa is better.

angelaagustinus said...

HAHA! poor Tarlton!
no no, poor grandpa.
hows he feeling now?
take good care of him, grant.
and you! had to re-shovel the lake!
heheheeheh..hilarious.
remember grant, there's always a next year..hope its better :p

Aaiz said...

Wow Grant you have re shovel the lake. Did you had fun ???? I hope your grandpa is feeling better

PaTrIcK said...

I think it must of been fun to skate on the lake but re-shoveling the lake must not of been fun.