The Shoveling is Done, Time for Fun
The city offers great options for sledding and ice skating this winter season.
Editor's Note: This article was originally published Jan. 14, 2011, on Waukesha Patch. You've shoveled and snow-blowed, salted and cleared the walkways. You've done enough of the work that comes with winter, now give yourself a break and enjoy some of the fun that comes with it. Sledding and ice skating are two activities that are not only great fun, but also provide the exercise (but don't tell the kids that) most of us are lacking during these cold months. And the City of Waukesha's Lowell Park, 2201 Michigan Ave., has some great options for both. For starters, the park offers a great sledding hill, said Mona Bauer, the city's customer and administrative services manager. "We also have a wonderful toboggan run (at Lowell Park)," she said…
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Gregg Wandsneider
11:14 am on Friday, January 14, 2011
Would you believe that I've never been on a toboggan? I've only sleded before, and it's been a while due to a near traumatic experience I had at a New Year's Eve church event about 9 years ago. Could someone explain to me what a toboggan is? more ›