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Today we went on a tour of Yellowstone Park – in a "Snow Coach" rather than on snowmobiles. The advantage is that you get to see some of the wildlife in the park rather than scare it all off with the snowmobile noise. In the first 30 minutes in the park we saw a pair [...]
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We woke up this morning to 6 inches of snow, canceled school, and a delay at work with the option of unscheduled leave. Of course I took the unscheduled leave, and Austin and I headed out into the woods to enjoy the snow. We went into South Chagrin Reservation Metropark where I took the last [...]
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This afternoon I took a hike/trudge/slog along some of my favorite trails in South Chagrin Reservation Metropark. I ran these trails several times a week during the fall and thought they were beautiful then. Somehow things look even better after a good freeze and snow! Even though I couldn’t run all the trails I still [...]
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With the snow and cold weather we have had recently we experienced a considerable growth of icicles right in front of the kitchen window. They continued to grow until the temperature dropped into the single digits and it became too cold for the necessary melting of snow. After that they started to shrink due to [...]
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This woodpecker has been frequenting our backyard bird feeder. We first saw him for just a few seconds before he spooked and flew off into the woods, but he has been returning regularly and sticking around longer.