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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Ice on the Mountains


This weekend I went out to the cabin for the first time in a few weeks, mainly to check things out before we go out for the holiday weekend.
One of the H-burg blogs I follow - Evan Dyson's Wildlife blog, which is in the blogroll on the right - had reported some closures in the SNP due to snow and ice, I had been thinking about a drive up to check things out but the weather was pretty bad on Saturday.

Here's a photo from Luray that I took on Sunday - just to the left of the wreath, ice is visible on the mountain in the distance - you may need to click on the photo and view it enlarged to make it out. Most of the higher peaks had some traces like this, not quite snow, but more than hoary frost. The rain we had in the valley must have frozen up at those altitudes.
Also noteworthy in the picture is the White House Ford mural on the building in the foreground. There are a number of murals in town and I've been meaning to post on them. Will do that in the new year.

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