There is snow on the ground! Some of it has melted since it fell, but this was the first time I had seen my site with snow on it, so I’m excited. I saw human and dog tracks, but no wild tracks. I saw birds flying overhead and perched in barren trees. There was no more sound of running water. I could only hear birds chirping and cars off in the distance.
The ‘valley’ area had kind of flooded. The area of forzen river was much greater than the area of river I remember from my last visit. The ice was thick enough to stand on, and only cracked in a few spots. I could see footprints, leaves, sticks, and other organic material frozen below the ice. It seemed as though the river froze, material fell on it and people walked on it in the snow, and then more water came and it froze over all that activity. The idea that those moments are frozen in time for a bit is pretty cool to me. I like thinking about that.
The ice also made this cool geometric pattern in a lot of places. I love the patterns ice makes in different places in the winter. So cool.
