Blue Ice, Not for Much Longer...

Talk about a huge difference in temps our village went from warning townspeople to run their faucets so that main water lines / sewage pipes wouldn't freeze and break to a sixty degree day today.

Blue ice even looked bluer with all that sunshine

There was no way we could spend the day inside so after chores were done, we took a little drive to lower Chaseburg and parked across the street from the Hideaway. 

Snow mobile path runs alongside the walking path

The asphalt trail was dry except where the snowmobile trail crossed the walking trail.  As you can see it'd be a bit difficult to go sit on some of the benches off the trail as there's still a significant amount of snow.

Natureman couldn't resist going to  to check out the lower placed bird houses.  Owls are busy nesting now as other birds are staking out their areas.  We still haven't spotted a red winged blackbird although we did see some robins.

Coon Creek

With all the melting snow Coon Creek was really flowing. Leftover creek snow  hung on to the bank edges and limbs. 
The warm sunshine felt amazing.

That winter interest is getting really tired looking as we anxiously await the color green. 

Tomorrow sleet and snow return but the warm day was definitely a welcomed reprieve. 

A day like today gives one a taste of what is yet to come and why we in the Midwest really appreciate the arrival of spring after a long extremely cold winter especially here in the End of the Rainbow Valley...