Winter was a long time coming this year. It was mild and pleasant through most of 2015. But now it's here and it's come with the name, Polar Vortex.
They say a Polar Vortex is a large pocket of frigid air that typically stays put over the North Pole in winter. When it drifts south and settles over Canada and the northern Plains, as it has the last few winters and will this week, it can make things feel, well, Arctic, for extended stretches of time.
Well, late present from Santa Claus or not, it's finally frozen the lakes. I've been waiting for a chance to go out and look at the newly formed ice. It was 0 degrees with a good wind blowing. I didn't really mind the cold too much until I had to take my gloves off. That's when I felt how cold it really was. I hope the pictures convey some of that feeling.
You can really sense the depth of the ice when you see this in person.
I love the frozen footsteps here.
This one looks like it froze mid wave.
I'm not sure you can tell just how clear the ice was when standing on it. It felt like it shouldn't be solid, but it was. A very interesting experience.
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