My Dad, brother and I went cross country skiing at Circle R Ranch. The trails were packed nicely, with a few icy spots. They were lightly travelled, especially farther out from the main lodge.
I saw lots of wildlife and wildlife sign on this trip. On the drive in I spotted 3 whitetail deer bedded down on a hill. When I was skiing I saw several more, sadly they were all too fast to get a picture of.
The tracking was far more interesting. I found coyote tracks, and for the first time ever possum tracks! I also found the trail of a chipmunk or other small rodent. Here are the pictures:
The trails were nicely groomed.
Dad skiing along.
Me skiing.
This is the pond out back in Green Acres.
An eroded bank I saw in Cornfield.
This is a coyote track, it looks huge because of the double register.
This is a better picture of a different coyote track.
I assume these are chipmunk from the size of the tail drag mark, but they could easily be some other small critter.
The tracks led into the black hole, which was at the base of a tree.
The mystery critter has been running around a lot.
Its hard to get a sense of how steep this little hill was.
Possum tracks! These tracks are from front left and back left foot.
The frozen pond, as seen from the northern end.
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