Sun and Ice

Chris was working today so Catie and I decided to get out for a little exploring. The weather was beautiful, sunny blue sky and temps in the mid 40's. Not bad at all for early December. Our first stop was Excelsior to check and see if Lake Minnetonka had any ice on it. Wow, did it ever! It was really cool to see the ice extending all the way across the lake. We walked out on the pier to take in the view. As we stood there we could hear the creaking and groaning of the shifting ice along the presure cracks. Catie had never seen a lake frozen over like that so she thought it was pretty cool. We later walked our onto the ice. Another first for my wee one. Along the shore the surface of the ice looked like waves frozen in time.

Next stop was Chrismas Lake, named after William Christmas. We walked out on the lake and it was very different from Minnetonka. Since this lake is smaller the water froze extremely clear. You could see straight down to the bottom. In some spots you could even see little fish swimming around under the ice. We probably spent 30 minutes exploring the shore line, noticing the air bubbles that had frozen into the ice, a tennis ball that must have been floating in the water when it froze now locked into the ice. All in all a pretty neat experience for us.

We finished off the day by doing some Geocaching. We found three caches in all. It was a nice afternoon spent with my little girl.