During the winter months we like to build a huge ice rink, where we also have a weekend/ day of ice skating and bonfires etc. for family and friends and patrons of our marina. This is Private Property and the rink is situated at a dead end of the marina. So there is no reason for a sled to even go down that patch of snow.

Just on Saturday alone we spent 6 hours prepping the rink and flooded it. (We had already spent 10 hours on the rink before the additional 6 hours) Sunday came and so did the snow. On Monday we went to shovel it off but realized that the ice was slushy and we would have to wait a day or two before we could get back to work on it.

Not even a mere 30 seconds later two Ski-Doo's come flying into the rink RIGHT next to the nets. One guy got stuck, the other one took off and parked his sled on firmer snow. He walked over and helped his friend out but not before putting his leg through the auger hole for the water pump. Which was kind of Karma in my mind.

The point I'm making is the sledders have no respect for peoples ice rinks. We had THREE in the area and they were all destroyed by Ski-Doo's. It's time to take a step back and respect peoples hard work... Its easy to plow though on a sled and destroy someones rink. But why when you have the whole lake at your disposal? Now the part that really pisses me off is that they see the damn nets and the outline of an ice rink, but don't bother stopping BEFORE the net, and continue on over the rink...

Thanks to the two guys on Monday at Pike Creek. You know who you are. Apologizing is one thing... Coming back to help fix it is another.