The sky was
clear blue and light sparkled off the fresh snow. It was a perfect day for a walk in the
woods.
Since my
daughter and I were traveling on snowshoes it didn’t matter that the forest
service hadn’t yet groomed my favorite trail along the river. In no time at all we were moving along;
chatting and enjoying our day of freedom.
Sunshine reflected off the water and we could hear the quiet honking of the big trumpeter
swans as they slowly swam along. Then my
daughter stopped and pointed with her ski pole.
A coyote was
making his way over the snow just ahead of us.
I fumbled for my camera and got a couple of pictures before he slipped
out of sight.
The swans and a
few ducks fed in the mossy shallows.
They were used to visitors and mostly ignored us as we flopped by
leaving yeti-sized tracks.
We followed the
river around a bend and again caught sight of the yellow-eyed coyote.
All the exercise
and fresh air made the burgers …
and basket of
fries at Big Judds taste even better.
When we got back we found that JD had been enjoying his play date with
Grandpa so much he’d hardly even missed his mom.
18 comments:
I hope you know (and I'm sure you do!!) just how gorgeous your part of the country is! I'm in awe!
the swans are beautiful. yes, poor coyote looks a bit bedraggled...
Your pictures make me cold. Well, that an the rain/40*/windy here at my house. It looks like it was a perfect day for your and your DD. :)
Just gorgeous, Leenie. I love when you take us on your glorious walks. I just wish I could join you for the burger and fry finale! :)
Oh so pretty! What a wonderful day to be out and about! I enjoyed your photos..I will admit I was coveting that Robin that showed up in your last post:)
BEAUTIFUL! You should always travel with a dead bunny in your pocket just for coyote reasons...Next time!
Gorgeous shots, Leenie! Love the one of the coyote going over the hill. And the burger looks delicious...makes my mouth water!
Sounds fantastic. I better get out to the woods before the snow's all gone. Things are melting a bit early this year!
Oh Man I mis snowshoeing and with my daughter would be lovely.
These pics are wonderful I really must come visit you and see your part of the country it looks incredible.
Well I must say the burger and fries and time spent laughing and being with your daughter is like icing on the cake. Great post. I am jealous. HUG B
I see you could enjoy of walking around in the chill air, and met beautiful birds and an animal like dog. It's true one of the things the winter guests look forward to the most is hot lunch like you took.ε= (^0^*)
Gorgeous captures! I've always wanted to try out snowshoes.
Great day and great photos-I especially enjoyed seeing the coyote-a mixture between a wolf and a fox he looks like.
Hummmm I wonder if he was ill?
Linda
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What a trip! Glad to hear you had a lovely time with your daughter.
Quite a contrast in weather - it was warm enough yesterday for us to have our afternoon cuppa in the garden!
What a wonderful capture that coyote was. All your beautiful pics were breathtakin' sweetie.
God bless ya and have yourself a sunshiny kinda day!!! :o)
You know I am not fond of the cold but that landscape and wildlife could convert me. It just fills me with peace and quiet even looking at the pictures. So, so beautiful!
Wow. So beautiful, it almost makes me envious. But I'll take our 60 degrees and misty rain over that sunshiny snowy scene right now.
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