Winter wonderland

Last night and this morning about 20 cm of snow, just at the freezing point with no wind so the snow was staying on everything.

I had to clear the driveway twice, most of the snow had fell by noon.
This evening I was watching the women's curling from Red Deer.

Cycling around Charlottetown

This photo was taken from Victoria park looking towards the West River, the harbour is fully covered with ice. Some sunny breaks at zero.

I cycled the trail from Longworth Ave. to the bypass, it was actually muddy in places were the snow had melted off. This was behind the Charlottetown mall.

Still a fair amount of open water north of the bridge at the North River, still some ducks staying around the open water. I logged 29 km for the trip.

Curling

There are four sheets of ice to curl on in this rink. I was curling on ice 4.

This game on ice 2 was just finishing when I took the photo. I was at the Cornwall rink.

It was +1 and partly sunny when I went out on the snowshoes for a hour. This trail had being used today by a snowmobile, a skier and someone on snowshoes before I came along.

Strathgartney park trail

This morning there were 9 in the group of snowshoers that hiked the Strathgartney trail along the Bonshaw river. In this area we were breaking fresh trail in the snow.

The Bonshaw rive is fully iced over in this area, a way back on the hill you can see the CBC TV tower.
The river is tidal in this area and the ice cracks in places as the tide comes in and goes out again.
It was a perfect morning with no wind, sunny at zero temp. by late afternoon it was +7 but we finished hiking by 11:15 AM. The afternoon was like a spring day so I washed the car, it needed it because of all the road salt on it.

Appin Road trail

A small group of four snowshoed the trail in Appin Road this morning.
Sunny at a cool -14 and fresh snow.

We were on the return trip in this photo and the return was mostly upgrade which for a good workout. I was to Warren Grove this evening for cards.

Cold winter day

Not a cloud in the sky at -11, the wind chill was -20 or more. There was a ground drift blowing the snow around.

Some small drifts of snow starting to form along the hedge row.

The trees along this section of the trail were clean, the snow must have blown off.
I was out on the snow shoes for a hour.

Winter birds

Do you see a couple birds in the trees, I guessing that they are Cedar Waxwings.

In total there was a dozen or more. I was out on the snowshoes for a hour or more.
There was at least four of my neighbors out on snowshoes as well.
It was -8 mid afternoon. It is -11 as I post this.

We had about 20 cm of snow with some rain mixed in so the snow is really staying on the trees.
I had to use the blower to clear the driveway, because of the rain it was hard snow to move.
At home this evening watching the mens junior curling.