Every winter our community makes a skating rink in the park by filling a rimmed tarp with water and letting the water freeze,

It's bright and sunny out right now, and it's supposed to get up to the 60s this weekend. Meanwhile the park had to not only put up the red flag to warn away potential skaters, but ring the rink with "stay off" tape as well.

As if the sight of the waves lapping gently across the three inches of water wouldn't have been dissuasion enough.