When I was my grandson's age, and growing up in Three Hills, we shifted our focus, this time of year, from kicking a football around, to heading for the skating rink.
There was always that down time as we waited for the weather to get cold enough to freeze the outdoor ice.
I remember one November, on Remembrance Day, when it was so cold Clarence Brosseau split his lip playing Taps at the Cenotaph. Man, that was chilly.
On Saturday mornings we would all grab a shovel and clear a patch of ice big
