The melting is continuing; the wind appears to remove snow nearly as efficiently as it dropped it here in the first place. Much of the ground clears daily. The drifts, however, drop much slower. At this point, the road seems to be holding the majority of the deeper snow, most likely due to track machines having packed it down over the winter. I wonder if it would melt quicker were one to sit still and not pack the road even when not needing to leave the park?
The old dog and I walked about Schierl Road today, mostly upon my own land. It is exciting to see patches of bare dirt, fresh bits of earth uncovered from the long, deep winter. The dog had much to explore (and much land to re-mark via the bladder), so it was a slow, meandering adventure today, simply being upon the bare earth (most of the time) instead of snow banks.
The corner by the Mitchell cabin is still not only mired in a five foot drift, but trash is now scattered about. Much trash from the construction site, and sadly, being down wind, much of it is landing upon my pristine land. I will need to get some trash bags and do a clean up this spring once the snow goes. Beer cans, construction materials, grocery shopping bags… nothing I expected to find out here in this beautiful wilderness. The spread is quite wide, but it has to be cleaned up.
I’ve included photos of the snow on Schierl below; far prettier than construction trash.
