1/22/14 Walden Parke

Gray and cold  -1 with wind chill warnings. OK, this is not going to be a long hike. We went to Walden and did the Loop Trail. Mostly the footing was good-some of the rail bed part was a bit rough but not that bad. Kelley seemed to be invigorated by the cold and was excited- running ahead and doing lots of sniffing. Even the little stream coming out of the beaver pond an an ice covering so no water today. We also met no people or dogs- another thing Kelley really likes. Only a couple of ice pictures- too cold to get the camera out and take off mitts. I don't think the camera likes the cold either as yesterday settings were spontaneously altered and that has not happened before. Yesterday was near the same temperature but with sun and no wind- this was a huge difference and felt like we were in a Jack London story. However,we got in an hour hike.