One Winter Day

I decided to head out and check out the activities around my city. The big Lake, Lake Ontario, never freezes over... it is simply too large a body of water to freeze in the short frozen part of our winters. Burlington Bay though, is another story. It freezes over in January, and February every year.


Ok.... the steel mills detract from the wonderful view.... But you get the idea.

Out in the woods, deep snows make for a treacherous hike in the woods. Most of the animals are in the later stages of hibernation, and the summer birds have flown south for the warmer waters....



Ok... just not here! While people utilize the smaller bays and inlets for winter sport, the damn geese decide that the clearing on the ice makes for a great landing zone.. no doubt someone is feeding them too!


Oh look.... did I say that animals should be in the later stages of hibernation? Apparently this little guy did not get the memo.... He most likely watched Al Gore's film on Global Warming...


Out on the bay, folks are skating, skiing and .........


Ok... this is the coolest thing I saw out on the bay.


The dudes (and a dudette) had these huge para-foil kites and when combined with a snowboard, made for some serious high speed runs down the bay..... Sometimes the "pilots" even caught some airtime!






Just another Sunday in Hamilton....... gotta get me one of those kite thingys....