On Saturday night the wind finally let up and the moon was bright and beautiful, so we decided to do some moonlight snowshoeing. Nana stayed over to watch the kids, and our friend Amy joined us for the two-mile loop around our neighborhood.
Here's what we looked like when we left the house: Nine o-clock at night, and all bundled up for 9 degrees....brrrrrr!
We really planned on walking by moonlight, so we didn't bring any lights with us at all. Unfortunately, the first part of the loop is in the woods, so the moon didn't provide much help. With a little stumbling around (and the help of Chris' GPS), we managed to find our way.
Since the last time we snowshoed here (in the daylight) the snow has been depleted by rain and the river has risen. Outlet stream wasn't much higher, but the Sebasticook definitely was. We really had to be careful on the banks.
There were also several newly fallen trees, which made for some interesting crossings.
The last part of the trail comes up the wash, which also had less snow and more water than last time. It was a very challenging walk!
But this made it all worth it: We knew that Amy had worked in the woods, and that some of her work had involved "hooting" for owls, but we didn't know she was this good. Here is her Great Horned Owl hoot:And even better, here is the mating call:
She even got an owl to answer back to us on one of her hoots. Pretty cool, Amy!
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