Sue's prompt for the day was Off the Beaten Path. Since we already had to go up the highway, we eschewed the actual highway and opted for the back roads. It wasn't a long journey in either case, for rural roads are plentiful as soon as we are outside of this town,
Are soon as we swung onto Drummond, we spotted a snowmobile trail leading who knows where. Sue hopped out to get a picture while a stayed in the car on the road to the right
As it turns out, she didn't use that one for her post, but I think it is a good one to share here.
While I was parked, a snowplow approached (you can see some snow blowing around in the distance, above). I was beside myself with anticipation for showing you all a rural Canadian snowplow in operation. I shot a sequence through the car window, but I liked the two closest photos the best.
How great! Sue got a photo, and so did I. We continued along that road to where the trail crosses Drummond. This is the same trail that we walk in town, the one with the bridge. It is part of the OVRT (Ottawa Valley Recreational Trail).
The 296km Ottawa Valley Recreational Trail is a multi-use corridor stretching from near Smiths Falls to just shy of Mattawa, passing through Lanark County, Renfrew County and Papineau-Cameron Township.
Below, we both are out of the car and photographing each other as well as other things. I think I neglected to mention that it was another bitterly cold day (the old zero, haha), especially on our naked photo hands.
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| the plow is approaching in the distance |
Sue's photo looks south along the trail. Our town, Carleton Place, would be a little farther along. For her post, Sue picked a photo similar to this one, but she chose a landscape (horizontal) orientation while I preferred her portrait (vertical) orientation.
The clouds in all of these shots are pretty amazing too! I've done some fun shots of snowplows also. Never filmed them like that though!
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful winter landscape. There must be whiteout conditions there when it’s blowing snow.
ReplyDeleteThat road looks like ours - still snow covered but plowed.
ReplyDeleteGreat to see you braved the cold and captured not only pretty rural scenes of the roads, but the great skies too. Snow plow is good too, and I haven't tried putting any videos onto YouTube in years...might think about it again.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty good care for your rural roads. Our big suburban plows are named yearly by school kids, and some painted on the blade: like Taylor Drift, Sir PlowsALot, Cntrl-Salt-Delete. We can watch them on a city map as they do their work. It's fun watching the little minions on the streets with their names attached if we hover over the plow. We have 100 plows just in Olathe, KS, a KC suburb, with a third out at a time. Be careful out there! Glad your cameras aren't freezing up. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteThe clouds are magnificent.
ReplyDeleteFine pictures!
ReplyDeleteI though the snowmobile was the road you were driving on at first. I actually went out for about an hour long walk yesterday but the hands sure got cold when trying to take pics.
ReplyDeleteI can never get enough sky! These shots are lovely.
ReplyDeleteIt is gorgeous. Since I don't see snow plows, it was fun to see the video. That's as satisfying as a good vacuum line in carpet!
ReplyDeleteSue got some great photos and the video is reminds me of my snow days.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful snow ❄️ and clouds ⛅️
ReplyDeleteThose snowplows are pretty much the only snowplows that operate in my neck of the woods. The only difference I can tell between them and their Canadian cousins is that one driver probably has the word "eh" in their vocabulary.
ReplyDeleteThat plow goes fast! As cold as it is there, your snow is light and fluffy. Our snow is usually heavy and wet. (I know, snow is always wet) Beautiful photos and I love the sky in several of them!
ReplyDeleteSo delightfully Canadian. Also, I hope that snowplow has a name.
ReplyDeleteI like the fresh snow on the road surface. We don't get that here.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! You are really far off the beaten path. Snow, snow as far as the eyes can see.
ReplyDeleteYou perfectly capture the pleasure of going off the beaten path
ReplyDeleteThat looks incredibly cold and -- despite the blue sky -- incredibly bleak. Reminds me Dr. Zhivago walking across the tundra.
ReplyDeleteI keep thinking I'd like to take a photo of a snowplow. It never works out! I'm usualy doing the driveway and it whips on by.
ReplyDeleteWinter wonderland! Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAhhhhh ... sigh ... thank gawdess for Sunday mornings (well okay it's 10 to 1 but who's counting) when I take time to catch up with some of my favourite bloggers. It always makes me smile back when I see the smiling faces of you and Sue. -Kate
ReplyDeleteWe have a smith falls in our community.
ReplyDeleteI like the very first photo. It reminds me of so many snowmobile trails around here.
ReplyDeleteThose pictures are great. We never see anything like that around here.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! We rarely see this here in SE Washington State but as an older driver I can't say I mind. :-)
ReplyDeleteWe are having a few beautiful blue-sky days lately. There is a different 'timbre' to the light as we head into February. Always a treat to explore new territory.
ReplyDeleteYou two are so hardy! I feel like a hothouse flower, as i have not ventured more than 5 feet from the porch in a week! Just too icy for me.
ReplyDeleteThe plow driver would be amazed at his stardom, I bet.
And those clouds....looks like changing weather was on the way?