In the early part of the 20th century, it was a rare occasion when Lake Champlain DIDN'T freeze fully across. Now it's a rare occasion that it does freeze all the way. It is, though, the second year in a row. Before 2014, it was the year 2007 that it last froze. I found this interesting, since 2007 was the year the VPo Man and I hiked up to Friday and Balsam Cap in short sleeves in the beginning of January. We did not receive our first snowfall in the Hudson Valley (this was quite debatable) until the last day of January. We did have two large storms in mid February and mid March. Still 2007, was one of the weaker winters we've had in the Hudson Valley.
Since I had been living in Vermont for 3 months, I had yet to make the 2 hour drive north to Burlington. Today I finally decided to make the trip. After stopping for a beer at one of the beer bars, I walked to the lake. I was completely amazed to see so many people walking out on the lake. I guess it was really frozen.
It took a while to get used to the sounds coming from underneath. Very hard to describe, I guess like a Giant gulping. Sometimes these sounds were followed by some cracking of the ice. On a few occasions I spotted a few fish whose fate was to have there resting place frozen into the lake.
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| I think this can pass for modern art |
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| Not sure what kind of tracks |
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| Next time that's how I will roll |
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| Burlington has an awesome location |
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| New York and the Adirondacks |
More great pictures. You found your photo niche, CPo. Frozen lakes. Are those lines of ice protruding up along a fault line? The photos are so satisfying. Looks like it was really cold that day. I'm surprised that there are no ice fishing huts out there. Don't people ice fish there?
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