What an adventure!! Once again I feel like I was right by your side. My heart was thumping a bit... Not many people could ever write about this unique on the water experience. Grateful for your share. I was thinking back to our years on the water.. Yes, we have sailed in mid May, early morning but, NEVER in 32 degrees. The benefit of living in lower Michigan. Now, we wait for " the silky silent waters of the coming summer." Love that line.
Wow! I have heard that magical sound and have seen and photographed "ICE breaking in Svalbard, at the top of the earth". I learned that salt water...when it starts to freeze looks like an oil spill without the colors. It just looks like floating bubbles. As the water freezes over it looks slick, like you described, and turns to "black ice". I've experienced black ice in a pleasure able way, when we broke through it in an ice breaker on a polar expedition. But never in Lake Superior
À particlularly Lovely essay…winters last song touched my soul.
And perhaps touched these times.
Thank you Marina. -- Jeff
What an adventure!! Once again I feel like I was right by your side. My heart was thumping a bit... Not many people could ever write about this unique on the water experience. Grateful for your share. I was thinking back to our years on the water.. Yes, we have sailed in mid May, early morning but, NEVER in 32 degrees. The benefit of living in lower Michigan. Now, we wait for " the silky silent waters of the coming summer." Love that line.
Thank you Katherine. Would you mind if I shared your comment? - Jeff
Of course you may share my comment.
Thank you
We so need novel observances composed into musical prose for us. Gratitude, Poet.
Thank you Deborah. Would you allow me to share your comment? -- Jeff
I’d be honored!
Wow! I have heard that magical sound and have seen and photographed "ICE breaking in Svalbard, at the top of the earth". I learned that salt water...when it starts to freeze looks like an oil spill without the colors. It just looks like floating bubbles. As the water freezes over it looks slick, like you described, and turns to "black ice". I've experienced black ice in a pleasure able way, when we broke through it in an ice breaker on a polar expedition. But never in Lake Superior