Mother Nature Had a Relapse - Day 400

We got to go back to pretending it's still winter today. I love how snowy trail looks, probably more than a lot of people, but I have to admit it was not my favorite sight on April 8.

Of course, the snow makes the little lakes look totally different. This is still Little Guernsey Lake, which you also saw yesterday in the sun.

I especially liked how the tip of Little Guernsey Lake looked with a winter frame.

This lake and more are in the Sand Lakes Quiet Area which has a network of ski trails. There were signs posted at the junctions. It makes the miles seem to go quickly when you can say, "Oh, only 0.7 miles to point 3," for example.

The new snow didn't affect the hiking very much except that it covered up the old snow, so I couldn't tell where there were slippery places underneath. I ended up wearing the cleats most of the day after nearly going flying where there was ice beneath the new snow.

I saw an owl on the wing (no picture). Probably a barred owl.

A lot of small lakes are scattered around. This is (not) romantically named Lake One.

The snow was a narrow band, but it continued to fall until 1 pm. That was actually good, because it didn't turn into rain. The snow was wet and sloppy, but that's still better than rain.

The trail comes back to the North Branch of the Boardman River, downstream where it is wider.

The trail wanders among the white cedars near the shore for quite a ways.

Between the underlying old snow and the wet new snow, things were slippery. I was never cold, but I was wet, and feeling fed up with winter. But I got 'er done. Oh, we also met up with trail friend Sara where we spotted my car. She put a pic on Facebook, and I'll probably steal it and use it another day.

Miles today: 9.1. Total miles so far: 4464.8.

See It Felt Pretty Good