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Random Photo thread

Thanks, yeah he's a cutiepie. Ten weeks old beagle mix. I saw his picture at the local no-kill shelter's facebook page and knew he was going to be adopted quickly, so I applied and won.
Behold Rocco. Coincidentally "St. Rocco" is the patron saint of dogs and bachelors, and is commonly invoked against plague.
 
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I was out today and came across some unusual ice patterns. This is actually two layers of ice, the top layer being totally clear with a 2 - 3 inch air space to the bottom layer. The bubbles and frozen droplets are on the bottom of the top layer. It was warm yesterday so it appears the original frozen puddle partially thawed and with freezing temps overnight the top layers froze while any remaining water was absorbed into the ground leaving bubbles and frozen droplets on the bottom of the top layer.



Ice Sculptures by soates50, on Flickr
 
This is a point and shoot pic taken last week in northern Sask. I had the opportunity to use a tiny wilderness shelter for a few days. The 1.7km, one mile snowshoe hike in, uphill with 28''of powder was a tough 4 hours. It was overcast and dead calm the entire time and the fullish moon illuminated the scene at night similarly to the day, just dimmer. The biggest impression was the silence. When standing still and looking out over big view the only sounds were my tinnitus and heart beat. Awesome.

 
DaveR said:
. . . . . . . .I had the opportunity to use a tiny wilderness shelter for a few days. ....
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THe tiny shelter was there....? or something you carried up there....?
You stayed there for a few day....?

Does sound like a hard hike.

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Yes it was there. I know the guys who built it. Its an 8'x8' insulated, shed roofed building with a small wood heater and windows all around. Cozy. You can see a piece of it through the trees.
The pic doesn't convey the odd but rewarding kind of experience the 4 days - three nights were.
 
DaveR said:
. . . . . . You can see a piece of it through the trees.. . . . ..
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I thought maybe that was what I saw there...

So you carried in enough supplies for 4 days.
Carried? Pulled on sled?
 
The good wife pre-cooked the meals and froze them in individual meal sized foil containers that needed only to be heated on the wood stove. Coffee pot, mugs, cutlery, candles, snow melting pot, bow saw and ax as well as sleeping pads were already there. Food, sleeping bag and extra clothes, maybe 25 lbs.total, were pulled in on a 4' wood toboggan.
 
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