Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Day Trip to the Ice Caves (closed :-( )

Headed out the Mountain Loop Highway to the Ice Caves on a spontaneous sunny Saturday. Turned out the road is still closed so we stopped at a couple beautiful places on the way back, taking pictures and enjoying the cold fresh air. Went 'off the beaten path' a little bit which is something we really like doing. We were looking for a mine and we found some minecart tracks (we think) and we spotted the mine shaft entrance (we also think) underneath an old bridge. We had a nice dinner on the way home to warm our bones. Sometimes spontaneous is the best!

Saturday, January 3, 2026

A Blue Heron Rookery

“Great Blue Herons nest communally in "rookeries" or "heronries" containing up to 50 pairs. Herons typically use the same rookery every year until eventually the trees collapse.” - www.massaudobon.org

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I'm trying to get better at seeing the constellations so I've been taking a 'corner' of night sky and then drawing the lines...