Tag: winter

3 ways to deal with winter.

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Embrace the season

Just like our furred and feathered friends that make their home in Wisconsin, we humans have three basic ways to deal with winter – we hibernate, migrate or adapt.

Some of us grouse about the weather, hunker down, stay indoors and count the days until warm weather returns. Some of us lock up the house, forward the mail and take flight to someplace warm. Traveler isn’t passing judgment, if that’s what you prefer. We’re just suggesting you take this winter to adapt and embrace the season, start a new family tradition and get some fresh air and exercise while you’re at it.

Nature centers across the state will welcome you with open, parka-clad arms and may pass out hot cocoa as an extra incentive.

Kathryn A. Kahler is a staff writer for Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine.

Took our cross-country skiing out and hit the trails yesterday. We had a blizzard last weekend finally I say finally because it seemed like everyone else was getting snow all around the country except for us here in the tundra. It stayed cold all week in the single digits temperatures so the snow couldn’t melt. When Saturday came it got up in the forties so it was a perfect day for skiing. Basically it was wet, sticky, hazy and cloudy just the way we like it picture perfect. I took a picture of our ski’s up against our car afterwards as a keepsake. We might not get anymore snow this winter.