Etch-a-Sketch day

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 649 AM CST THU JAN 20 2011 DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY INTO FRIDAY...STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT CONTINUE TO USHER MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY LOWER TO 15 BELOW TO 22 BELOW ZERO BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ...WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL VARY FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. 

"Baby it's cold outside!" Knowing this, I bundled appropriately. The effect of the blowing snow struck me today. Many of the animal tracks and trails from yesterday are nearly gone. As though the park was a giant Etch-a-Sketch that someone had turned upside down and shaken. 
Some of my own trails deeper in the forest area disappeared because of the wind.

Some trails still had strong places, but faded in the more windy areas.

Even my own tracks from entering the park were gone by the time I was leaving.


Hope you enjoyed!


~ Robin