Sledding the Notch.

Follow up to the previous post... Hiked up the notch road and rode the sled back down it.  Only the top, twisty half mile or so was steep enough for sledding, but it was a blast.  Had my camera strapped to my caving helmet and got video of it.  Should have aimed it a bit lower, but it's still pretty neat I think.  Some day I'll learn to ski down hills, but this is fun in the meantime.

Still Winter...

We had a giant, record-setting dump of snow a couple weeks ago...

It's hard to see, but I had to dig out the driveway to get to work.  Over 3 feet of snow in this storm.

 Fortunately, it got pretty warm after that and much of it melted away.  Since then, we've been getting a little bit of snow here and there, and it's been in the mid-30's at best.  Spring keeps teasing us, but hasn't fully moved in, despite the calendar saying so.  Even the animals are getting restless.  I saw a Fisher a couple weeks ago (an elusive critter that's basically a giant weasel), owls in broad daylight, lots of deer and turkey on the move, and this morning I heard then saw a bluejay.  Starting to see some other birds around too, besides the year-round crows and chickadees.
The snow helped reflect the light from the giant moon last weekend, so that was nice...

The front yard illuminated by moonlight.

 Anywho, since it was at least sunny today and work STILL hasn't gotten busy again, I took the day off and went for a nice ski.  I skied up the Smugglers Notch road (it's closed in winter) to the top.  There were a few steep parts I had to herring-bone up and walk on the way down.  Got going quickly enough to be scarily out of control, so I decided to play it safe.  Next time I'm bringing a sled!  Here's a couple photos:

So, it's still winter, but I'm trying to at least enjoy something about that.  That being said, I can't wait to hear the wood frog and spring peepers again.  I imagine they're getting pretty restless too, wherever they have spent the winter...