It quit snowing sometime last night. We didn’t get as much snow as forecast, but we got enough to make me happy. After a bit of breakfast I cleared the driveway, and then I took Penny down to Sandogardy Pond. It has been a while since I’ve been there. There wasn’t enough snow to warrant snowshoes, so I just wore my hiking boots. They did just fine.
Here are some of the photos I took.
Trail to Northfield’s sand pit
Penny found a stick and wanted me to throw it. I obliged.
It’s hard to tell from this photo, but the trail goes downhill to Little Cohas Creek (as I call it – Cross Mill Creek as per official nomenclature).
Follow it all the way to the creek and you come to this bridge.
Go to the center of the bridge and face north, and we can see the creek as it empties Sandogardy Pond. I liked this shot.
I followed the trail along the western bank of Little Cohas Creek and came to the beach. The pond was apparently frozen solid enough for an ice house and a half dozen people. I didn’t venture out onto the ice though.
I saw a lot of deer tracks on this hike, and trailed them for a little ways. I never saw any deer, but I did see where one had shoved its muzzle into the snow to uncover some grass. I didn’t think to take a picture though.
We’re expecting another 2-4 inches of snow tomorrow starting around 10:00am. I’ll go out again if I can manage it. Penny will come along too in case there are any sticks that need to be fetched.
December 28, 2012 at 9:43 pm
Very nice snow shots! I really like the creek meeting the pond!
P.S.
Penny is a real treasure!
December 28, 2012 at 9:56 pm
That shot was probably the best one I took today. My landscape shots don’t usually turn out the way I want them to, but this one somehow did.
Penny is very special to us. She’s almost like one of the kids.
December 29, 2012 at 7:33 am
i like that creek shot too-it seems just right. The sky seems so much more blue now that it has snowed. I’m surprised they have bob houses on the ice this early-I haven’t even seen anyone walking on it here yet because its still so thin.
December 29, 2012 at 7:59 am
This was an expensive-looking bob house too. Not something someone bodged together, but rather, a store-bought contraption. When I stepped out onto the edge of the ice, it was slushy, which is why I didn’t venture out. Admittedly, I was closer to the creek than they were, but still – I would not have felt safe out there.