We're Heading to the 400m Oval: Time to Go Skating!

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This outdoor 400-metre (quarter mile) oval is where my daughter and I go skating. It opens for the season today, and we are just about to step out the door to walk (about 10 minutes) there!

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Ice skating and baseball are my two favorite sports. Chicago has a downtown ice rink at Millennium Park that just opened again yesterday for the winter season. It is an outdoor rink, and it has cooling pipes underneath so they can keep the ice frozen for temperatures up to about ## 50^o ## F. I hope to skate there soon=perhaps this coming week. :)
 
George Jones said:
This outdoor 400-metre (quarter mile) oval is where my daughter and I go skating.
Right here, eh... ?

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George Jones said:
It opens for the season today...
It sure does... . :cool:
 
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And yes, today I went ice skating at Millennium Park in downtown Chicago. Temperatures were around 50 degrees, but the rink has cooling pipes underneath to keep the ice frozen. Good exercise. :)