Snowshoeing around McIntosh Pond

We had a big winter storm last Saturday Jan 10th. So Ruby and I borrowed the landlords snowshoes and went for a walk around McIntosh Pond. Everything was clean, white and beautiful. We saw many deer tracks in the snow and had a great time till the sun started going down.

This is a picture of the entrance to McIntosh Pond which shows snow all the way up to the fence.

The ice storm, which has bent these small trees to the ground, from a couple week before Christmas did a lot of damage to the trees and many people lost power for several days. We were lucky as we only lost power for 4 days. Nearby in New Hampshire some people were with out power for 3-1/2 weeks. So we felt lucky even though it was not fun being without running water.

As always, Ruby, looks good even in snowshoes and big coat. The sun was out and the weather was very nice. This was taken on Saturday and that night we had another foot of snow which continued through most of Sunday. So church was cancelled. Later, Sunday afternoon our landlord, Stewart, knocked on the door and wanted company snowshoeing. So I headed out with him for another couple of miles. This time we took sleds with us and rode them down the hill which was a lot of fun.