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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Winter Uraling – February 10

Capitol in St. Paul, MN

It was quite brisk (3F) riding to work yesterday, so I had to stop twice and let my hands warm up. I was really missing my heated gloves. The photo above and below were taken the second time I stopped.

Downtown St. Paul at Sunrise

After work, it had warmed up considerably (28F!). I went looking for some fun on a frozen lake. There was a lot of snow piled up on Lake Josephine, and I wimped out. I went over to Lake Johanna and saw a number of trucks parked on the lake fishing. The trucks had made a number of ruts in the snow on the lake. The ruts looked to be 8-10” deep, so I wimped out again.

That’s when I realized the entire parking lot next to the lake was a giant sheet of ice!  Since I didn’t have my tripod, I just stuck my camera into a snow bank. It worked quite well. Below are two of the same video (vimeo/youtube), me practicing my emergency winter maneuvers. ;)

 

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Posted by Chris Luhman at 9:39 AM
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6 comments:

  1. man.. that looks fun.. hahaha! nice maneuvers too..
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  2. Thanks Bash3r. When are we gonna see videos of you playing in the snow?
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  3. Practicing emergency maneuvers? Yeah, right. Only if the Keystone Cops were chasing you. Some people will say anything to justify goofing off, won't they? :)
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  4. have to practice recovering from a skid on ice some how, and what better way than to induce them in a parking lot??
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  5. My practicing never looks this much fun! Stay safe...keep practicing those emergency skills--yeah, right. That's just plain old cold weather FUN!
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  6. Thanks Sojourner! It was fun to goof around, but it was also good practice on skidding.
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