5th
2010
Afternoon Walk: I went on a walk on the snowmobile trail (aka the old county road) to check out the stability of the ground. I’d say that about 90% of the trail is still snow covered and fairly well packed, yet the woods have lost most of their snow due to the high day time temperatures we’ve been having (42F today). The snow is getting soft with large icy crystals making for a snowcone-ish texture. I did a bit of slipping as my foot would sink into the snow and slip back a bit, and there are only a few tiny patches of ice scattered about. On the few patches of clear ground, I sank into mud where water was saturating the soil. There are frost heaves here and there, but not as many as I was expecting, although the trail is plenty rough and a bit jarring in spots. The road is partially washed out past Hix-Small cemetery, although it held bit better having had the larger rock gravel put down as a base since the last big rain event. Lastly, I had to race back down the trail, as the sun was setting, to catch a bit of the evening light before darkness fell across the pond.
