Winter River

 I had to work part of a night shift Friday night. When I got out of work Saturday morning it was just getting light and I decided to take a drive to the frozen Grand River and see how it was looking.

The sky was starting to get pink and I enjoyed this snowy scene on the way.

Here's a view from the bridge over the river.  It started snowing for just a little little while as I was driving.  You can see there is quite a bit of ice out there.

I drove to a little park on the river that is near my house. What looks like a field of snow is actually the frozen Grand River.

Here I am under the bridge. I found that I wasn't really prepared for this hike as nothing was shoveled and I was walking out there in scrubs and tennis shoes!  The snow was up over my ankles, so I was glad it was a short walk.  Once I was there, I wasn't going to skip getting some pictures!

Another shot of the main bridge.

The area near us has a bayou that runs next to the river.  It freezes solid and the ice fishermen love it.  I was able to walk out on it to get this picture of a few fishermen.  Unlike them, I didn't stay long!  It was 11 degrees at the time.

As I was leaving, this was the scene facing the other direction, of the bridge over the bayou.  Such a pretty sunrise!