If the forecast is accurate for the coming week, maybe today will be the last day where the high remains below freezing, although it will be still freezing overnight.
Another Chilly Day
Yesterday there was six tom turkeys that would not get off the road, but it was the pheasants darting across the road in front of my car several times today. Maybe they were hanging around the blacktop road where it was warmer than the snow covered ground. And like me, they probably are dreaming of green grass instead of the cold frozen winter landscape.
Pheasant In Summer
There was a loud noise when a chunk of ice and snow fell off the house roof today. I rather have the loud roar of a non-frozen waterfall instead, especially with more upcoming days below freezing temperatures. The High Falls of the Baptism River has a drop of 60 feet but has a bigger volume of water in the spring and summer compared to this late fall image.
High Falls of the Baptism River
Although the temperature stayed below freezing, the sun was strong enough to cause some melting and some of the icicles grew in length before breaking off. The two foot icicles I saw today are tiny compared to the huge icicles by the ice caves on Lake Superior. If you look closely, you can spot a person dressed in black under the ice formations near the center of the photo so the icicles are a tad longer than two feet.
Large Icicles
There are a variety of caves, tunnels, frozen waterfalls and other ice formations along the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. This large cave is called the Garage and it would easily accommodate a huge dump truck although I’m not sure the ice under would hold up to the truck’s weight. But it was fun exploring the large cave with its ice coated walls.
The Garage
The ditch magnets were busy pulling cars off the road this morning. Actually it was the layer of ice on the road that caused the vehicles to end up in the ditches. Crawling around in this slippery ice coated tunnel is definitely more of a fun adventure than slipping off the roadway in a car.
Icy Tunnel Adventure