snow day

was the day when we all ran away from the lab to celebrate the joys of winter in the southern alps (and the fact that we only had one day left until our supervisor got back from Alaska). So it was almost 2.5 weeks ago that it snowed but there's still a good half a metre of snow on the other side of porter's pass - nice icy crust on the top that adds an extra element of ouch to snowball fights and taking a step means running the risk of falling thru up to your knees. Lake Linden was completely frozen over with at least of foot of ice for approx 20m from the edge - perfect for attempting to ice skate. Found a nice steep slope for sliding down, with just over a 10m runout before you hit the road. But remember kids ...