I’ve gone over to the dark side. I drove a snowmobile yesterday.

Anyway, it was a whole lot easier than I thought. I guess the motorbike practice helped, so as soon as I got used to the way the snowmobile behaved, I had no problems at all. By the time we took a narrow trail zigzagging through a pine forest I was having a really good time. The long open stretches across lakes and marshland were not so interesting and I was starting to wonder if that was all there was to it, but in end I was a bit disappointed to turn back home. Talk about guilty pleasures… But last week I bought a year’s supply of emission rights anyway, so I hope it’s not all bad.

Photographically yesterday was another downer, but maybe I’ll get something done today. It’s snowing at the moment, I’m waiting for the new snow to cover some of the debris so I might find something photogenic enough. This jay is so far the only picture I’ve managed to create, and even this one is heavily cropped.