1. Hands down, the best thing about short winter days is that we get to sleep in and see the sun rise. Since the sun comes up at an angle, it tends to cast some pretty magnificent colors onto the clouds in the morning. Below is a good one I captured around 10 am. Didn't edit this photo at all, scouts honor.
2. Another fun thing about winter is the abundant moose butt. In the summertime the moose stand around and eat the flowers/shrubs that are blooming, but in the winter, all they have is whats on the ground. So to reach the ground, they do this funny thing where they kneel on their front legs but keep their back legs extended so that their butts are high in the air. Mooning moose everywhere. Hehe.
4. Hunting for a Christmas tree after said snowfall. The Peninsula is full of Blue Spruce tress, which tend to be skinny and not very full, but the experience of hiking through that winter wonderland and the pride of chopping down and hauling in our own tree made it totally worth it to go Charlie Brown style this year.
