A New Year Ice Jam

 What a difference a day makes.

I was hoping to go to a state park yesterday for a first day hike to celebrate the New Year. 

But it was SO COLD. Wind chills in the single digits. 

So, I took a quick walk down to the Casselman River instead.

It had been running high and free in recent days with warmer weather.

But this Arctic cold front brought back the snow and BRRRRR IT HURTS YOUR FACE cold. 

It sure was nice to see the sun again, despite the cold.

Today, we looked out the window one direction, and the water was flowing.

But then we looked down river.

Ice jam!!

Here and there, water was running, but most is ice. It was cool that in some places where the ice is thinner, we could see the movement of the water underneath.

Hopefully it will break free soon without flooding. Warmer weather is coming again. It will be interesting to see how the river looks tomorrow. 

George grew up along a creek, so this is nothing new for him, but it is for me, and I find it fascinating to watch the river and all its changes!

Edited to add: I never got back around to posting about what happened after this. The ice did break free, and melted without any flooding, Yay! It didn't last long though. A few days later, the bitter cold came back, more brutal than before. The river froze again, and it snowed. And snowed. And snowed. But more impressive was the long bitter cold snap. Brrr!!!