First attempt at a backyard rink

I spent most of yesterday (in 4 degrees & rain!) building our first backyard rink. I used 2X8X10's for the side boards, staked every 5 feet with a two foot wooden stake. The plastic (a 40X100 piece of white/black bunker silo plastic) will go in just prior to a forecast of continued cold temperatures, as there is no sense having it in now just to get blown around and possibly torn. The final dimensions will be 30X80, and I think I will have quite the work this winter keeping it clear of snow, as the wind will likely drop big drifts on it. I also used the wheelchair ramp from our old house as a ramp into our 'change-room', complete with carpet, benches and soon a light and a small heater as well. I hope to mount at least two 500 watt halogen floodlights yet to allow for night skating, and to build some nets. If we get some good sustained cold weather we hope to be able to use this rink many times this winter!

~Update~
We woke up to a white world this morning, so I am glad that I spent the time yesterday to do the work. And the forecast for later this week is for lows of less than -5 for five straight nights, so we are hoping to get an early start!