My third day at WWW and once again it is Sugarlands. No roads are open in the park, so we have to hike on the periphery of the park. Our guide, George Owen, tried to take us to Albright Grove but as we closed in our prey, the road became unmanageable, so it was back to Sugarlands. The horse stables are quite close to Sugarlands but are normally not a good hiking choice due to horse erosion. We manged today as there was several inches of snow and all the normal mud associated with horse trails was frozen.
Midway through the hike, we entered a sheltered area where the snow was considerably deeper and the surrounding laurel and rhododendron was covered in a powdery snow. It was the most beautiful snow scenery I experienced during the week of WWW. Everyone was in awe of the beauty. Lunch was at a trail junction. No one wanted to stop long as you needed to move to keep warm.
Funny man above is sucking on a "sapsickle". Icicles that form below logs, pick up some coloration and flavor from the decaying wood.
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