Skating Parents (and anyone who wants to chime in)
How far (miles/time) do you drive for your skater to attend regular freestyle sessions?
I ask because our "home rink" (15 min. drive) is still closed to anything but skating "camps" and mine is locked out for now due to limits on number of skaters in the group. She can't skate with her coaches, who run the group, at all for the foreseeable future.
The next closest rink is closed for badly needed ice renovations until January. So my next option is a 40 minute freeway drive. I've booked 5, 90 minute sessions (and ouch, $35 each) for next week to see how it goes. Once school starts (online at this point) I don't know what we can do. That's a lot of driving from my perspective. At least there's not much traffic now.
Update
Not a terrible drive. It felt longer up than back. Not much to do since I need to stay as far away from people as possible, and parents are not allowed in now, so I just hung out in the car. Only one other skater on the session so she liked it.
My new car has hot spot capability if I choose to continue after the trial (and if I can figure out how it works!) so she could conceivably even "attend" school on the way home, at least until she's back in person.
The best part today was it was cool and foggy at the rink, we got home and it was 94. So that was nice.
How far (miles/time) do you drive for your skater to attend regular freestyle sessions?
I ask because our "home rink" (15 min. drive) is still closed to anything but skating "camps" and mine is locked out for now due to limits on number of skaters in the group. She can't skate with her coaches, who run the group, at all for the foreseeable future.
The next closest rink is closed for badly needed ice renovations until January. So my next option is a 40 minute freeway drive. I've booked 5, 90 minute sessions (and ouch, $35 each) for next week to see how it goes. Once school starts (online at this point) I don't know what we can do. That's a lot of driving from my perspective. At least there's not much traffic now.
Update
Not a terrible drive. It felt longer up than back. Not much to do since I need to stay as far away from people as possible, and parents are not allowed in now, so I just hung out in the car. Only one other skater on the session so she liked it.
My new car has hot spot capability if I choose to continue after the trial (and if I can figure out how it works!) so she could conceivably even "attend" school on the way home, at least until she's back in person.
The best part today was it was cool and foggy at the rink, we got home and it was 94. So that was nice.
Last edited: