Deceiving Background Warmth

As my day came to an end I headed to our cabin to check on the status of the river - specifically wondering if it had frozen solid or if open water remained to paddle this weekend. I suppose I could paddle in the small amount of open water, but won’t bother. With ice nearly across the pond, and likely to complete overnight, it looks like I am done paddling at the river until spring. Dang…I hate that thought.

Even with the river freezing over, the scene along the Wapsipinicon was quite pretty. I had to document the beauty with this picture.

Not far from here I found five bald eagles congregated over the same river. The birds looked cold and hungry, as if they might feel like me as I wonder why it got so cold so fast - even with a warm-looking setting sun behind them.