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Our young grandson – Bode – invited his friends to the ION INTERNATIONAL TRAINING ICE SKATING FACILITY in Leesburg, Va.
It is a huge facility with a hockey-sized arena with seats on one side and another hockey-sized arena on the other side for free skating!
Bode – third from left – with his friends in the rink – they had such a good time – they also had a private room where they went for cake and pizza and presents.
Here they are in the entrance to the rink – such fun – I watched them for an hour or more!
The other side is where the hockey side is and also a training center for the Olympics and you can see some of them skating!
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The whole bunch of friends with Bode –
BODES BIRTHDAY AT ION INTERNATIONAL TRAINING SKATING ARENA IN LEESBURG, VA.
Recently we went to the ION SKATING rink for our grandson’s birthday party –
In Leesburg, Va.
Where – we walked into the other half of the building and to our surprise –
INTERNATIONAL SKATING pairs for the Olympics were training!
I talked to the mother of the girl in the above picture – who is from Georgia – the country – and they had just flown in from France.
She told me there are three sites across the country – Salt Lake City – Michigan and here at ION in Leesburg, Va. that are the elite of training sites!
In this picture, you can see the USA pairs for ice skating being instructed by the coach for the USA OLYMPIC TEAM!
There were pairs from Georgia – France – Poland – Great Britain and the USA here that day.
USA pairs the team and the coach to the left and the pair from Georgia on the right.
The mother told me they had moved to Leesburg so her daughter could train at ION.
This is a hockey arena and it is really nice – there are teams that play here although not the NHL.
I was very surprised at the size and how nice it was way out here in the country.
We had no idea when we came for the birthday party being held on the other side of the wall
in an exact-sized rink
but without the seats that this was going on .
I only found it as I had asked to go into the rink to see it!
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PAPA’S WORLD – ION – INTERNATIONAL SKATING TRAINING CENTER for OLYMPICS!
Taylor – Sarah – Cassidy and Bode – cousins – at the ION ice rink in Leesburg, Va. There also is a full-size ice hockey rink here other than what you see behind them – with thousands of seats!
We got together with Sarah and her mother Debby for a two-hour skate – the kids loved it and they all helped Sarah who hasn’t skated since she was little!
The adults sat here at the table with a full view of the rink – I also went to the hockey rink and watched the youth hockey play – full pads!
Quite impressed with the arena which could rival the pros!
We were able to have food and drinks while watching the kids and they could join us for food!
Taylor who is 12 is almost as tall as Sarah who is 16 and around 5’10! Cassidy has been catching up to Taylor for the last year.
We then went to the grandkid’s house – for a short visit – exchanged clothes – and say our goodbyes!
Here are Sarah – Sherry – Debby – Cassidy and Taylor!
The afternoon ended too quickly but we all had such a good time and all the kids loved the ice skating!
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PAPA’S WORLD – just another day in our life – living life to the plus – one day at a time!
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