First Snowshoe

Saturday the sky was blue and clear, and the temperature was about 12 degrees F.  My friend invited me to join her and her dogs for a snowshoe in the woods in Richmond.  Although it sounds cold, the air was still, and the sun was warm.  At times, the fresh snow and ice on the ground and the trees created an surreal dreamy effect as the sun came through the trees.  At the top of the hill Camel's Hump, Mt. Mansfield, and the Green Mountain range seemed so big and peaceful and close.  From our view point it no houses or roads were visible, it just seemed like us and the mountains, and the snow and the sun.  But there was evidence that we were not alone in the woods.  I saw deer tracks in the snow, and hunter's tracks in the snow.  I also saw some rabbit tracks, and then something interesting.  It looked like cat paws but bigger, and we were not near any house.  They seemed to small to be Bobcat paws though, and the feet had not broken through the crust.  I suppose they could have been Fisher Cat prints.  Why I left my camera in my pocket for this, I don't know.   I can't wait to get back out for another walk in the woods soon!!

J