No need for snowshoes... yet
Barker
There's a better than decent chance that we'll soon be hit with yet another snowstorm, so to get prepared, I brought in more wood, filled the water jugs, and did a little advance cooking. With everything as ready as possible, I went out for a trek. One of the neighborhood dogs was not exactly happy to see me walk by, and he let me know it, with all the ferocity the little guy could muster. Good thing he's light. There's at least a foot or so of snow on the ground, and though it started out as fine powder, it's now been in place long enough to condense into a semi-solid strong enough to hold this dog on the surface. He could run without plunging all the way to the bottom and he darted back and forth, barking all the while, on the snowpack as I walked past.