{"id":5464,"date":"2012-02-03T09:51:19","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T14:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=5464"},"modified":"2012-02-04T08:21:31","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T13:21:31","slug":"winterlude-empire-games-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/02\/03\/winterlude-empire-games-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Winterlude, Empire Games open"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Skaters on Ottawa's Rideau Canal during Winterlude. Photo: Judy Andrus Toporcer, Pierrepont NY. NCPR Photo of the Day archive, Winter 2010.<\/p><\/div>\n

Two notable events missing from our survey of\u00a0 wintry revelry Friday.<\/p>\n

The entire length of the Rideau Skateway opened, ushering in the opening of Ottawa’s Winterlude<\/a>. The annual carnival runs through Feb. 20.\u00a0 Ice carving underway.<\/p>\n

Our Ottawa area correspondent, Lucy Martin, says the conditions vary, as we can imagine, from poor to very good. Find ice conditions here<\/a> or at 613-239-5234. Lucy says there’s very little “real winter” in Ottawa either this time around.<\/p>\n

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Saranac Lake High School students in the Empire State Winter Games torch run pass by the town hall in downtown Saranac Lake. Photo: Mark Kurtz.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you’ve never been to Ottawa for Winterlude, or to just skate on the Canal, I highly recommend a visit. It’s easy to rent skates, and it’s a shame to go a whole winter without\u00a0 that signature canal-side piece of fried dough, the beavertail.<\/p>\n

And from the folks in Lake Placid, the Empire State Winter Games<\/a> opened Thursday night with the parade of athletes, and a skating show at the Olympic Arena. Organizers say 1,000 athletes will be competing this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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