Building The New Igloo: Nice pleasant day up at the property.

Despite all the ice, the truck made it up the hill with no issues, so I spent a good chunk of the day wandering about. Turns out the ice is thick enough for me to walk on; I only broke through when I was trying to for traction, and in a couple of other spots that had apparently melted more, so I didn't need snow shoes.

Apparently we got snow at some point last week up there, the land looked undisturbed.

I followed some of the tracks, and found the nests. They seem a bit small for rabbit holes, but I am pretty sure that is what they are.

Looks like my moose is still hanging around. This is in the same area that I saw the tracks during the summer.

He was headed through the Archway leading to the creek.

The creek is still running, a couple of the wider spots had started to freeze over, but it is definitely still running.

My cliff face has largely cleared, though I still have the icicles stuck to the rock.

I also found what would appear to be a major game highway. It wasn't that far from the back yard either. I am not entirely sure I could have seen something like this from the porch, but I could still see a sliver of red from my truck from here. This is unfortunately not where I was hunting the couple of times I went out this year. Looks like I picked the wrong spot.

There were some sizable deer prints in it too.

Including one deer who appeared to have a crash landing or at least lose his brakes.

A little further back on the creek, I found it gurgling. It did it every time an air bubble passed through.

It kind of looked like my rock was leaking.

I also took a video since it is hard to see in the pictures. Unfortunately Blogger doesn't upload in HD, so this might not be any better.

Mushrooms. I never studied mushrooms enough to know what kind they are.

This is where I was overlooking during hunting season. The picture is too zoomed out, but I can tell you that there are a lot of rabbit tracks, some squirrel tracks, but only a single set of deer tracks. Definitely not the best place to sit.

And the rock I was sitting on.

These are back there too. Pretty sure they are raccoon.

If Aunt Lisa wants any, I have some rocks.

The end of the stone wall. Looks like they just stopped caring... Not sure if this is the end of my property, I haven't measured it out, but I was a ways back in the woods, I think this is past my property, so maybe the marker for the lot behind mine?

One problem with going up the property line: that put me at the highest elevation on the property. And I didn't grab my creepers... So I got a nice fun slide down the hill when I reached the front of the lot. At least the slide was intentional, not surprise.

On a more work related note, the software for the mixer valve controller is completed, I just need to test and debug it. I also have some of the designs done (mostly still in my head at this point, I need to write them down), so I am making progress on the winter projects as well. Hopefully I will get some of them finalized and get more posts soon.