Glacial Ottauquechee

The thermometer tonight reads twenty-nine degrees, nearly shirtsleeve weather, except that we expect two to six inches of snow in the next twenty-four hours.

This glacial-like weather spurs contemplation of the real glaciers.  These shaped Northeastern rivers in ways unique on our continent, according to Tim Palmer, author of America by Rivers.  Palmer writes, "The ice left its signature all over the northeastern riverbeds, which in higher country are paved with rounded, gray cobbles and boulders pushed south."  This describes the Ottauquechee.