Night skiing

I went skiing in Brown's woods Sunday night. Browns Woods is a beautiful old-growth timber stand right on the edge of West Des Moines. Never cultivated, it's full of ancient walnut and oak trees. A lot of them took a beating during the ice and snow storm.

This first picture shows the path I was on, with downed branches blocking the way.



Another tough spot on the trail:




It was actually much brighter than these pictures make it look. I could see perfectly wellm even though the pictures make it look pitch black. It gives you fun effects:




...these pictures look like something the robot cameras in the Titanic would have taken.



More freezing rain and snow for today. Just what we need - many still have no power in northeast Iowa, and now here comes more. We are very lucky here in town.