For the rest of us in the real world, winter is cold, slippery and it seems to go on forever.
Some people hibernate.
But others, like visitors to Ottawa, Ontario, try to make the best of it. As the Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Karen Kelly found, Ottawa is home to the longest skating rink in the world. A Skater's Paradise by Karen Kelly Visit this page on Wednesday, January 25 to listen with RealAudio. It's an early winter morning in Ottawa. Skaters are beginning to make their way down a long stretch of gleaming ice.