winter!

[beige_alert]

I had intended to go to the ice center yesterday after going to the library, but it was beautiful and sunny and clear out, and a reasonably comfy -10°C or so, and I ended up spending the whole afternoon walking around the city and in the parks near Lake Michigan. (Photos!)

At night I went out for another walk (which ended up being 7.2 km and 1:20) mostly on my local path through the woods, also partly through the local neighborhood where most of the Christmas lights are still up. The sky was clear, Orion was high overhead, the nearly full moon lit the snow covered ground. I saw a jet with all the strobe lights flashing leaving a short contrail that the moonlight lit. The temperature had dropped to -17°C, and I was a bit overdressed for it, but that's easy to remedy.



Ho Ho H-D, the Harley-Davidson museum:


Valley Power Plant, and the quite-unfrozen canal with fog rising off the warm water:


In early October we were launching kayaks at this spot:


This also is a kayak launching spot when it's not an ice fishing spot:


Ice sculpture:


closeup:


This building must be razed!


Done!

Comments

[jaelle-n-gilla.livejournal.com]

Wow, neat! Frozen lake, ice statues, that looks cold out there.

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

I think the ice carving was done on new year's day, but I didn't go out to see it. This time of year they do last a while...