こんにちは！
Hellos and welcome, dear readers!
雪山ハイキングにはまりそうなタカペンです！
Hiking on snow covered ground turned out to be more fun than expected!
週末ハイキング行ったとき雪が積もってて
楽しすぎたのでブログに写真を纏めてます♪
It was so gorgeous and fun to see the snow laden scenery and I took a lot of pictures, so I just wanted to put them in one place.
写真→コメントの順番で載せてきます！
Will show the pics, followed by comments on each pic.
駐車場すぐそばの道。かちんこちんに凍った氷の上に雪が乗っててめちゃくちゃ滑りました（笑）
The pavement by the parking lot was completely frozen with snow on top. It was pretty slippery like an ice rink, just with snow on top.
先週雪とみぞれが降ったので結構氷の混ざってる感じでした
It snowed and sleeted last week, so it was mostly icy and crunchy snow on the ground and elsewhere.
雪の楽しいところは足跡！
でも何の動物が足跡を残したのかわからないです（笑）
What I love about snow are all the footprints left by different birds and animals. Can't quite tell what left these particular footprings.
冬の冷たい太陽と雪化粧♪
Just a gorgeous winter landscape with the winter sun.
登山と言うより下山なのですが、結構足元危険でした（笑）
It was kind of treacherous going down the cliff area since all the snow was frozen and slippery. Went super slow!
半分まで来たところで下から声をかけられて、どうしたんだろうと思ったら、心配してくれたようで私が下りきるまで待ってくれたおばさんがいました。感謝♪
Midway down, someone called out to me from below. I thought she was just commenting on how dangerous it was and that was it, but when I got down, she was still there, so I think she was looking out for me. <3
１月のカレンダーとかの写真みたい♪
Looks like something out of a calendar. :)
崖っぷちから見る雪と足跡♪
Took a pic showing snow, footprints, and the Hudson River. :)
多分リスの足跡
それとタカペンの目の錯覚か、足跡が浮き出てるように見えて足跡に見えなくなったりします（汗
I think these are footprints left by a squirrel. Also, for some reason the footprints look like they're bulging out, not caved in. Something wrong with my eyes...?
多分鳥の足跡
そして上の写真と同じく、足跡が浮き出してるように見えたりするのはなんでだろう…
Bird footprints, I think. And same thing with this pic as above. The shadows make them look like they're bulging out of the snow, not caved in... x.x
多分鹿の足跡？ 蹄っぽい
I think, hoping, these are deer footprints? It looks like a hoof print?
なんかアートな色合いの雪
The lighting looks kind of artistic here. :)
何の物体かわからないですが、マリーのアトリエのウニみたいと思って撮りました（笑）
I've no idea what these things are, but they look like uni, or "sea urchins", from Atelier Marie, so I took pics. :P
凍り付いてる小川の氷を撮りたくて、雪をどかしてそうとしてみたのですが、あまりよくわからないですね（笑）
Impossible to tell what this is about, but this is the surface of a small creek that's nearly completely frozen over. I was trying to wipe away the snow to show the frozen slab of ice below.
通り道を横切る小川。この川は流れが結構あるみたいで凍ってなくて…めちゃくちゃ気を付けながら雪と氷の積もった石の上を渡りました…！
This creek crosses the trail. Usually you just skip on some of the stones to cross, but those stones were snow and ice covered, and very slippery. Went across very very carefully...!
別の小川。ここは板の上を渡れるので問題なし！ あとめちゃくちゃ凍ってて、小川の上渡ろうと思えば渡れたかも？ すっころぶかもしれませんが（笑）
Another stream, but they have wooden planks going across, so no issue crossing this one. And this one was frozen solid on the top!
今日は動物全く見れなかったな～と来た道を戻ってるときに鳥が！！ 多分うつってるかも…？ ちょっと遠すぎてはやすぎて全く追い切れず
I was a bit disappointed that I hadn't come across any animals or birds, so when I saw birds soaring far off on my way back, I did my best to get a shot.
鳥撮るのは無理か～と諦めて振り向いたら鹿さんたちが「何してんの」と言わんばかりにこちらを見てました（笑）
And then after I give up on the birds and turn around, lo and behold, the deer, looking at me like they were wondering what the heck I was trying to do. lol
冬毛は夏毛よりも灰色に見えます
Winter coat looks grayer than their summer coat.
夏の鹿さんは痩せこけてて実は結構心配してたのですが、冬の鹿さんはなんかふくふくしてますね
The deer in summer looked so worryingly skinny and malnourished, but the winter deer for some odd reason looks fatter...
凄くモフモフしてそう
They look so fluffy. lol
帰り道、鳥さんにも出くわしました
Came across some birds on my way back as well.
写真ど真ん中の黒いしみみたいの、鳥さんの筈
If you zoom in, that black blob in the middle should be a bird...
この鳥さんのなわばりなのか、ぴーぴーあちこちで鳴いてました
I guess this must be their territory, because they were flittering here and there in this area.
調べたのですが、多分「ユキヒメドリ」？ 綺麗な名前♪
I think they might be "dark-eyed junco" based on what little I can see from these pics.
次に見たのはふっくらしたロビンさん
Then I came across a plump looking robin.
そして最後にはお馴染みになってきたハヤブサさん！！
And then came across the peregrine falcon!!!
寒そうですが、ここ停まってる姿が可愛くて♪
Looked pretty cold on that perch, poor thing. Looks so adorable though.
駐車場に戻ったら車にツララが生えてました（笑）
駐車してから２時間ちょい、凄い寒さだったみたいです（笑）
After about two hours of hiking, I came back to find a whole icicle grown from the bottom of my car. lol
以上！ 週末ハイキングの写真集でした！
And that's it, pics from my hike over the weekend!
いつもお付き合いくださりありがとうございます！
Thank you for reading as always!
また次の記事でお会いしましょう！
See you in my next entry!
ではではっ！
Taka, out!
