A Video “Postcard”: Snowshoeing the Trail

We shot this video at the end of December, just to show some of the trail in its conditions at the time. Because of our lower-speed connectivity, it took me forever to get it posted on YouTube. Finally, I took the computer to town and uploaded it there.

We tried not to narrate too much, nor did we want to use too many captions. Just above the house we found a trackway from a river otter that had slid down the trail. We found where it had come up from the beach and joined our trail. Later, we found another trackway crossing the trail on the far side of “the blow down” (see Exploring the Blow Down).

Enjoy!

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The Breaking Point

There’s an odd moment that comes several times each winter to the “homestead.” Truthfully, it often comes in the late autumn and early spring as well. It’s a breaking point.

This breaking point is the moment in any of the thaws in our winter weather’s frequent freeze/thaw cycles when one stops choosing ones steps to avoid walking on ice, and begins choosing ones steps to purposefully walk on ice.

The path to the shed. I have to play hopscotch to break more ice here (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

The path to the shed. I have to play hopscotch to break more ice here (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

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