That most wonderful time of the year!

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Gnomad

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While you poor folks are heading into that time of year when you do a slowbake in your helmet, we in the frozen north head into that season called "this winter", as opposed to the other 2 seasons, "last winter" and "next winter". I headed out this morning under clear and cool skies, about 12�ºF or -11�ºC, rode about 30 miles, mostly to get used to the handling of the studded trackmasters on snow and ice. Why yes, it is a bit different, not really any worse than sand, actually I like snow better than sand but we can debate that some other time!

There is a local road that gets enough use to pack down the snow but not so much as to clear it off. This was as good a place as any to get started on the relearning process. You can see where the studs are in the tires, the little white spots, they dig in nicely.

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This is a view east, towards Pioneer Peak.

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That went well, so I decided to check out the trail to Wasilla Creek, also known as Cottonwood Slough, popular rabbit hunting area. This is right off the Glenn highway...

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And looking north towards the Talkeetna mountains.

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At the creekside. Ice not thick enough to walk on, so we don't need to gert the bike much closer than that!

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A downstream view.

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On the trail back to the main road. Matanuska peak in the background.

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Made a stop by the llama farm on the way home.
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I have some more pictures, but fotothing only lets a free acount upload 10 per day. I'm hoping for some sunset pictures later, if the timing works out...[/img]
 
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