A second love for many years coming to an end.

That is really neat, any chance you can maintain it for the next generation of kids in your neighborhood? Regardless, you have made some great memories that will last forever for a lot of people and should be proud.
Yes a ton of great memories, we hope it will be a cold winter so we can enjoy and gain more memories. So far we got on the ice already for a few days and thats awesome to be on so early in the season.
It will be time to come down in the spring. It's a big rink, a lot of work all year round. I looking forward for him to go to collage. I will post everything I have for the rink for sale this winter (cheap) so somebody else can enjoy it with their family and friends.