Deep Freeze - Kootenay Style

Anyone who has lived in Saskatchewan can start snickering now. This past week has been pretty chilly; we've had a week now with daytime temperatures not even reaching freezing and lows at night all the way down to -8C. One nice side-effect of the cold northern flow was several days of clear blue skies, a fairly rare commodity during the mountain winter. I've had to dig out the fleece mitts, search around for my headband and, if this keeps up, haul the down parka out of the basement. We do find that temperatures remain very steady here, the effect of having such a large body of water so close.

We went for a short hike along the Kaslo River the other day and I was busy taking pictures of the ice along the shore. It's such a pretty river. A group in town has been making trails along the river over the past couple of years, and their new bridge was just winched into place last week. I'll post a picture of it once they finish the roof. I'll warn you now - the color is certainly vivid.

Last night we had some snow flurries so we have a light coating of white this morning. With the snow and the colder temperatures it would seem that we're having winter right now, but nothing like Saskatchewan where they will be in the -20s this coming week.