Category Archives: Winter Hiking

January morning walk

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

Clear blue sky, but the thermometer read 5 degrees and a raw 10 mile-per-hour wind was blowing. We went for a January morning walk anyway. The bite of an Arctic wind on face and hands is our admission fee to … Continue reading →

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In the grip of the Vortex

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Jerry Johnson

Bright sunshine promised a warm morning for snowshoeing. But the thermometer said the Sun was a deceiver: the temperature was 7 degrees below zero. Sub-zero days have been commonplace this winter. The coldest day in our part of the North … Continue reading →

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On another planet

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Jerry Johnson

An early morning walk with birddogs in last week’s -5 degree weather made me painfully aware that we had moved into winter. This morning’s pre-sunrise walk with the grim hand of the thermometer on the deck  pointing to the -30 … Continue reading →

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Beastly weather, beautiful walk

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Jerry Johnson

Beastly weather, beautiful walk First came a shower of sleet, then an inch of freezing rain, followed by two inches of wet snow, topped off by a half inch of “wintry mix” precipitation — falling on a day with temperatures … Continue reading →

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A walk in the winter woods

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

My beautiful blond wife is more lithe and flexible than I on snowshoes. She falls less frequently, too, but I contend that is because the dogs step on my snowshoes more often than hers, a trick that always sends me … Continue reading →

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