Tuesday, December 22, 2009
A walk on the ice
The TH Teenager walked out on the lake for an hour this afternoon, enjoying the vast expanse and the easy access to places that are otherwise difficult to get to. Herewith, more pictures of the Adirondack winter:
Our tracks, looking backward...
The fire place, North Island...
Canine tracks of uncertain origin. We're thinking coyote, but there are also wolves in dem dar hills.
The TH Teenager, following the tracks...
Currents in the ice...
Ice feathers (take a close look)...
The Sewards...
More tomorrow, if we're lucky.
3 Comments:
By 
Don Cox, at
Wed Dec 23, 04:51:00 AM:
By Charlottesvillain, at
Wed Dec 23, 09:22:00 AM:
Awesome shot of the Sewards, but I dispute your claim that there are wolves in the Adirondacks. There is currently an active debate over whether they should be reintroduced, but they were extirminated in the 1890s. The Moose reintroduced themselves over the past 20 years from Maine and Eastern Canada, but there are no wolves in the East to migrate into the Adirondacks.
(And that's a good thing if you're out alone on a frozen lake without a serious side-arm.)
By 
, at
Sun Dec 27, 12:07:00 PM:
I know many backwoods Adk. folks who swear they have seen wolves, not coyotes, but wolves. And I believe them.
