Yes.. it's finally colder.. and snow has found its way back into our world. And while some of us are out poking around on the magnificent ice of WV (see the Blue Ridger blog link on the left) others are up exploring the Blue Ridge crest, and still others, like me, are content to let their bodies heal while enjoying the deep freeze January pleasures of wild ice and frozen streams and yes, a wee bit of back country skiing in what over the past several years has come to be very fleeting occurrence... snow in the mid Atlantic mountains.
For the first time in 5 years we had sub zero temperatures at the SMG office.. Our frozen spring-fed stream assured us that indeed, the mercury had tanked ... and thru mid February (at least) it promises to be more of the same... (to explain that last comment to those of you who may not understand... springwater is usually much warmer than you might think. It generally comes to the surface very near the ambient temperature of the subsurface groundwater.. about 54 degrees.)
With lots of cold weather activities, we also relish the warm times of sitting around the woodstove and fireplace.. It leads us to focus all the more on the adventures we'll have when everyone else comes out of hibernation.
Our website has been really revised, and my gosh, we're even accepting online payments... While we will never relinquish our proud Luddite heritage.. (it took us 10 years to get e-mail) even this is changing a bit.. and yes, hopefully for the good.
Jake models his new "ice axe."
This orange-red flash beneath the ice is actually koi, a large gold fish someone released in a fire pond high up in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains.
Change.. it does a body good!
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