Ice Skating

What does one do with themselves the day after Thanksgiving in the bay area you ask? Go ice skating of course. There are a plethora of places just waiting to feel that smooth steel blade slither across it's surface. Or in my case, the feel of a plump, finally useful rear end hitting that cold, tricky sheet of frozen glass. Well, not this time at least but I had some close calls!

We joined Nancy, Gideon and June and Ginger for a bit of skating. We didn't think the little kids would skate but as you can guess by the longing looks at the ice, we finally gave in. Both Ginger and Evan were naturals and neither fell nor succeeded in taking out their parents. Alan set June and Kiira up skating around pushing a big cone to help with their balance and they turned into pros by the end of the session. They'd skate for awhile with the cone and then push it aside and skate on their own. They were really good! And after our lively trip to Yerba Buena (in San Francisco) we walked up a block and had some good 'ole Mexican food at chevy's. At least the parent/child ratio was good - 4 adults to 4 children. Everyone was VERY well behaved. A pleasure all the way around.