Go Ahead, Drink the Water in Texas

I crashed for a night at the Westin in Dallas and it is a fairly swanky hotel. It is attached to a shopping center complete with an indoor ice rink. Nice, but
man the prices!

B-b-brrrr!

So one day my friend says to me, "I'm going to do a Polar Bear Plunge. Wanna come?"
"Are you nuts?!" I respond.
"I can't believe you won't do it," she charges.
"Oh, no," I counter. "I'll do it. I can't let you out-crazy me!"

This was the site of the Polar Bear Plunge.

Festival workers were breaking up the ice and trying to float it away from the plunging area. It was cold (duh), but I'm glad that I did it. It wasn't as bad as I expected, but it sure does hurt the feet! If I ever do this again, I'm going to wear shoes, because running on ice with wet bare feet is just crazy.