River as Path

With another night of double digit below lows, open water patches from the Rt. 4 to the Middle Bridge shrank.  Walking the dog along River Street, I counted four or five narrowing leads where the stream flowed in sight.

The snow cover revealed something new:  critter tracks.  With the hardening of the river it becomes a clear path for creatures getting from points A to B.  The sight this morning of one small set of tracks reminded me of last winter.  Then, I saw deer tracks along the right bank.

The River Neva in St. Petersburg carries truck traffic each winter.