Boxing Day in the Peace

We went for our daily constitutional down at Beatton Park on Boxing Day and got enticed into joining the community tobogganing. Apparently, this hill has been used for this purpose for many a long year.

As you can see, there is firewood for the firepit, the sun is shining, and Charlie Lake (in the middle ground of the photo) is frozen, allowing snowmobiles (or sleds as they are called here) to fly across the lake at 100 km +.

Everyone was having a fantastic time, from young children to the very old. The snow on the face really hurt on the way down the hill.

Beatton Park also offers 20 some odd km's of groomed cross-country skiing trails. Several weeks ago, we went out and were having a glorious time until Charlie fell down onto his ski pole and broke it! (But, you can't seem to buy a cross-country ski pole in this town!)

The same park has a beautiful campground right next to the lake which we hope to see thawed in 2007.