Flood Festival

Total Upper = 21

Total Lower = 23 

Another great Flood Festival last night on the rinks. We had our annual flooding event, getting the ice ready to take a beating over the holidays with multiple coats. There was some confusion over the number of coats last night. We think 6 on each, we may be wrong. Might have been the number of cleansing ales we consumed.

Super to see the kids of the iceguys out enjoy some fresh air and taking turns on the wet end of the hose to see what its like with the pressure of the hose.

We took a walk, while waiting for the water to go opaque between squirts, to pay a tribute and a toast to our fellow iceguy Dave Anderson.  Dave suddenly passed away two years ago January. His wife had recently contacted the City to place a table in the park near the ice in Dave's name. We opened a nice whiskey maple syrup and poured a glass toasting our dear friend and iceguy. This will be a Christmas tradition during Flood Fest. We miss you Dave!

 

The next generation enjoying the ice.

These two got hit with the wet end of the hose.

Smooth and steady after multiple coats.

Wrapping it up and having some Christmas cheer after a great night. We set up the timer for the lights and put out the nets. We will start our regular schedule of going Monday and Thursday nights at 8 pm. Hope to see you out there. If and when it snows let's get out the blowers and shovels ASAP.

Keeping the hose on the ice,

Kurt