Interesting day...

I had a rather interesting day today. I made myself a lunch and headed up to the Miller Trailhead on the Bizz. Since we had snow and rain the last couple of days I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to go for much of a walk but I had to try. There was enough snow to make walking a little difficult in places but it was still doable. I went up a little over a mile and sat under the same tree I ate my lunch at a while back. Worked up quite a sweat getting up there, post holing every now and then in the snow but it felt good to get a little exercise.

This picture shows some of the interesting patterns in the snow but I'm not exactly sure what caused them.

Anyway, so I come home and I'm clearing the snow off of my boat and I look under the cover and I see that my boat is half filled with ice. I take the cover all the way off and I just have to laugh.. the boat had filled up with water and then froze so now I have this huge block of ice in every compartment and everywhere. I can't even get to the drain plug in the back since it's covered with a block of ice and water on top of that. Ya think it's time for a new boat cover? So I had to buy a short hose so I could siphon the water out but it will be a while before the glacier melts.

I need some warmer weather... heading to Redding in a couple of days and I'll get some bike riding and fishing in to change the pace a little.