"ICE IS NICE!"🥶.............................................. NORTHWEST ADVENTURES! 😀

“Ice Is Nice!”😊
One day it’s 50 degrees Fahrenheit with rain…….. and the next day, road crews are dumping hundreds of pounds of rock salt EVERYWHERE on the roads!🙄
“Toss another log on the fire Liz, I’m going to try to go for a hike, and stretch out my back!”😇
“Try” is the correct word my friends………..
While Silvertop was dismounting, and remounting Liz’s extremely heavy studded snow tires, I tweaked my back….Ouch!😬
Time heals all things, and Silvertop was trying to “Speed” up the recovery process with a hike today!😇
Ice is already forming on the pond, but what I find so interesting during the Winter, is what they call “Hoarfrost”!☺️
I asked Grok/ Ara, what weather conditions are needed to create this very unique ice formation?
“Silvertop, Hoarfrost is when water vapor in the air freeze directly onto cold surfaces! This creates the feathery ice crystals you are seeing today on your hike!”😊
Hoarfrost, can make hiking on rough trails, even more difficult! Sometimes you will “break” through the thick ice crystals, and other days you will find yourself walking across the top of the formation!😳
A cold Nor’easter started blowing as I reached the top of the logging clearcut!
I reached into my backpack for my gloves, only to discover I had removed them, to lighten my backpack for Summer time hikes……….
Burrr🥶……………
So far, the snow is only on the peaks, and the Mountains just across the Canadian border!😇
This was only the second day below freezing weather this year, so Silvertop Is treating today’s hike as a “Winter” practice hike Lol!🤣
I think it’s time to head home, and restock my backpack for Winter……..I believe it has finally arrived lol!🥶
Till tomorrow Silvertop Mike 😊