Calling all pond hockey players: the warmest we’ll see D.C. before next Friday is Thursday’s high of 35 degrees, with night-time lows, each night, threatening the single digits. My sources in upper Montgomery County inform me that that region’s waterways are already covered with a thin sheen of ice. Shinny on the Canal next weekend, anyone?
Old Man Winter sure has made a comeback. Of George Foreman proportions.
Of course, downtown, the Park Police Party Poopers will insist on at least 24 inches of Winnipeg thickness before they’ll allow toddlers out for a mid-winter skate. Trust me, by late this coming week Maryland streams and shallow ponds will be ready for day-long recreating in touques and traditional hockey sweaters. I’m interested in parking my Jeep off-road somewhere and walking through a thicket toward unmonitored black ice paradise.
So here’s my offer: if your neighborhood has such a hideaway, send us directions and OFB will bring a chest of puck sodas.
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Give me at least four inches of frozen lake and I am a happy woman. Best feeling in the world.
Let me know when and where! rdegem@hotmail.com
Pinecliff Park Frederick Maryland
1:30 pm Sunday, Feb. 11th
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