Friday, January 11, 2019

Nature Friday - Snowshoeing


Lady's feet



On the weekend, because we can go for a walk in daylight, I decided instead of a traditional street walk, I would take the dogs snowshoeing in the bush behind our house. We were blessed with temperatures sitting around freezing last weekend.  Our neighbour's own this land but are totally cool with us using it. The sound you hear is the crunching of the snow (as it had a hard crust) under my shoes.

Lee loves snowshoeing. Phod doesn't want to be left out but does not love it. I think that is because I make him wear his harness and because he is heavier he sinks more.  In spite of this, as long as the temperature allows I hope we get to go every weekend we have snow! 

Why are we doing this?
Here are some other pictures I captured on my Olympus Tough camera (it is waterproof so the perfect camera to take on this type of adventure - as perhaps sometimes I get pulled over). 

Tracking the deer


Can you spot the wild turkey that flew away as it heard us coming?

Looking up to our house



Hope you enjoyed a walk behind our house. 



18 comments:

  1. you are very good with this snow shoes!!! I tried it only one time in south tyrol and it ended bad... I landed on my face and couldn't leave the ground because my hands were in the pockets of my coat ;O)))

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  2. Hari OM
    Oh this makes me wish we had snow... instead, the same old, same old... YAM xx

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  3. Look at all of your beautiful snow! What a lovely walk!

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  4. You live in a beautiful place! I love the sound of crunching snow. It must have been cold there! Thanks for the walk.

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  5. How nice that the neighbors let you take walks in the woods. It must be a nice change from walking on the street.

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  6. OMD, all that snow!! I think I would love it for a day or two, but not more than that!

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  7. Love your 'mush' video. How pretty your forest is. LOVE the snow scene.

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  8. What a crunchy walk. Love seeing the snow in the woods. Thanks.

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  9. Oh my dogs...my apologies but Lady sounds like Big Foot. No wonder Phod kept looking back.
    But what beautiful scenery. K10 are your legs sore after snowshoeing?
    Hugs HiC

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  10. What a beautiful walk!! I think maybe you should get a sled and let Phod and Hailey pull you along LOL!

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  11. This past weekend was great time for hiking and snowshoeing. We went for a walk at the Cumberland Heritage museum. It's closed for the season but you can still walk around the property.

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  12. I love this!! I remember when we lived in Alaska seeing people snowshoe and cross country skiing with their dogs, and they always looked like they were having such great fun, just like you had! I hope you get your weekends this winter to do plenty of it!!

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  13. What a beautiful place for walkies! We finally have some cold and snow here too.

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  14. Oh, I LOVED IT! Even in the snow, I bets there we lots of FABulous sniffs!
    Kisses,
    Ruby ♥

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  15. Maybe the dogs can wear some doggie snow shoes!
    hugs
    Hazel & Mabel

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  16. We wish Mom would take us snowshoe walking. We got a lot of snow overnight - wet, thick, deep, and heavy!!!We are in heaven. But a lot of our trees and shrubs are not looking so good - we hope Mother Nature helps them bounce back up.

    Woos - Lightning, Misty, and Timber

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  17. Hi hi hi! Ojo here! I love snowshoeing with my people! Your snowshoeing looks pawesome! I would like to join you! Pretty please?

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