Sunday, February 10, 2008
The plan today was to get out for a run while Ann went to the fire station and worked out for a bit... but while the cold air was manageable, the wind was incredible, and the windchill was absolutely bitter. So I wimped out and convinced Ann to go for a short walk instead, and we went out to the Greece Canal Park because it was (1) nearby, (2) wooded (less exposure to the wind) and (3) relatively flat (Ann's knees don't deal well with hills.)
We ended up having a nice if somewhat cold walk through the snowy woods. The path had a light dusting of snow with hard packed snow and ice underneath... a good walking surface. It was bright and sunny, and the cold meant that we had the woods pretty much to ourselves. Along the edges of some of the fields we got to see some nifty swirling, blowing snow, and I tried to get a picture of the snow-vortices in the field we crossed after leaving the woods... it was cooler to see in person, but the picture I took at least gives an idea of what it was like.
The walk was a good idea, but tomorrow evening I run - regardless of the weather!
JMH
