This afternoon and early evening my dad and I got out on the snowshoes for a hike along a local river. The cooler temperatures lately means the snow has become very firm, making walking through the woods much easier than it is any other time of year. It also increases accessibility to areas that are normally very inaccessible, such as this river meadow. In any other season it would be a nightmare to walk through this area, but today it was a joy.
As we walked along the hard surface of the snow it was easy to forget that we were walking about 3 feet above the normal ground level. Yep, that's right... we still have an average of about 3 feet of snow depth here in the very northeastern tip of Minnesota. And, it sounds like we're due to receive another foot of snow this week. This winter just doesn't want to let go, and I'm completely okay with that.
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