Lake Cheney in winter

Soon part of this frozen lake (here in fall colors) will be maintained as a public skating rink. I'm pretty excited about it. There is plenty of skating to be done in Anchorage in winter. The public schools have rinks for school hockey teams and skating after hours is free. This week we found a covered rink (i.e., no clearing off snow) and I got a chance to brush up on my skills. I still can't skate backwards, though. Not yet.