Dr. S and I skated the Connecticut River yesterday morning from Wilson’s Landing north. The ice was fantastic with some areas with a small pebbly surface and a few spots of open water.
The first thing we noticed when we got on the ice were the leaves drifting downstream under the ice as shown below.
We saw five others as we skated, but we mostly had the river to ourselves.
On a great winter morning like this, even flare can be beautiful.
We met a friend and his daugher.
Three years earlier I partied and skated with them at this same spot. The next day I took off with him from the ice in the plane behind the girls. The cover and insides of the Winter 2014-15 issue of Upper Valley Life had photos of a wonderful adventure flying a number of times with him and his friend in 1940s ski planes.
Back to 2017… In parts there were very small raised areas that one barely noticed. They can be seen in the photo below.
There were places near shore that we stayed away from.
And a few spots with open water as seen at the top of the photo below.
We met a young couple. She was making great swirls in the ice.
Here are more photos from this wonderful winter morning.
