By Molly Snyder Senior Writer Published Mar 13, 2011 at 6:51 PM

I paddle boated a couple of times on the McKinley Marina lagoon in the summertime, but today I wondered why I can’t skate on it in winter. Any idea?

There are multiple "danger thin ice" signs around the small body of water, but during the dead of winter, certainly it freezes enough to be a safe skating spot, doesn’t it?

I love skating at Red Arrow Park, but for me, the closer I am to the lake the happier I am, in both winter and summer.

So how about letting us lace up and figure eight it on the lagoon? Yes? No? Maybe?


Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.

Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.