Even though it feels like Spring outside, there's still some ice skating fun to be had here in Rockford.
Rockford Park District's Carlson Ice Arena is reopening to the public! If your kids have officially done EVERYTHING they can around the house, and in your back yard, why not take them ice skating...
Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills, just about an hour and half from Rockford, has an indoor ice skating rink. Wouldn't it be cool if CherryVale had one too?
In a strange way, it makes sense. In a world of carpool lanes and bike lanes, why not a skate lane, or "freezeway?"
From the BBC:
Unlike other cities in the US and Canada that have banned activities such as tobogganing because of insurance costs, Edmonton has no such laws...