Winter is full of endless wonders. Changes in nature just seem way more evident when there are seasons. Saturday Mark and I walked out on Lake Mendota. For those of you who haven't been to Madison...Lake Mendota is huge! It is 9,740 acres and it's frozen. You can walk on the water. Mark and I were walking out on Picnic Point which is a land jetty that goes out into the lake and the path was extremely icy...so footing was actually better on the lake where there was still snow. It is strange walking on an area that not too long ago was liquid. Near the end of the point there was a large ice heave. Because water expands when it freezes there are large cracks called ice heaves where the ice is pushed above the other ice since there is nowhere else for it to go. It's kind of daunting walking near it because it looks like a huge crack, but as you can see in the top picture the ice is really thick. The second picture is holding the camera down into the ice heave. Mark and I just sat for awhile and listened to it. It makes loud creaking noises as it shifts internally. Ice is a pretty crazy thing.I love winter so far. I get excited every time it snows. It is a magical thing.
All is well in Madison. I am extremely happy. Now I'm just waiting to hear back from grad schools. I should hear from UW soon. I would like to stay here. I love Madison...I love Wisconsin...including the weather...I love Tandem...and as if that wasn't enough I have a wonderful set of friends here and a wonderful boyfriend. I'd like to stay put. However, if I don't get into UW I applied to some other wonderful schools. Hopefully I'll get in somewhere. I'm itching to get back into school.
My friend Megan (who I've known pretty much since birth) is coming today. I'm excited to share the winter with another Floridian! She's only seen snow once. The weather promises to be beautiful. I'll post pictures soon.
