Outdoors – Page 2 – Mark Pospesel (Coding and Other Stuff)

Our valley got light snow overnight (our second snow of the season). It made for a very pleasant walk this morning. Now it’s time to cook a belated Thanksgiving meal. I’m thankful for the snow! (among many things)

View of somewhat snowy valley with a gray lake. Some green is poking up from the grass. The sky is mostly cloudy with a small clear blue patch.

First snow of the season on the Wildspitz (mountain I can see from our apartment).

View of a low forested mountains with a clear snow line part way up. Sky is cloudy and gray. Green pastured hills sit in the foreground.

Rigi (left, closer) and Pilatus (right, more distant) in the early morning light

View across a green valley with two mountains in the distance, both illuminated by early morning light.

Sunrise hike up to the Weisses Kreuz yesterday morning. Today I went to the gym after a 2 week hiatus (I was in the U.S. for 10 days for Fall break).

View of a lake surrounded by hills and mountains at sunrise.

That viewpoint I hike to is on a ridge overlooking the north side of our valley, which also means I get to see the next valley over. It’s basically just farmland.

View of the rolling Swiss pastures of Hinterwyden with green grass, cows, and some farm houses.

Sun rising over lake and valley on a cloudy day. Hike up: 6km, 250m ascent, 1h23m, 13° C ☁️.

View of lake and distant mountains with the sun just over the horizon on a cloudy morning.

OK, this morning felt a bit more like Fall, mostly because I got out on the lake before the sun crested the hills. Probably my last SUP outing for a couple weeks as I’ll be on vacation in the U.S. next week.

View of lake and hills taken from a SUP just before sunrise with a golden glow where the sun will soon appear. The lake has a few ripples but otherwise reflects the sky, which has more contrails than natural clouds.

Golden light over lake and valley.

View looking into the newly risen sun that casts a golden sheen over the landscape. The occasional tree dots pastures in the foreground, the surface of a lake reflects the light in the middle distance, and hills form silhouettes in the distance. This was my view as I turned back towards home on my morning walk.

Swiss farm fields. Some of the farms have little self-service stores where they sell their products. On this morning’s walk I bought Lebkuchen (gingerbread) and fresh eggs.

Hilly green pastures with various farm buildings scattered about and higher wooded hills in the background all under a blue sky.

Where’s my Fall weather? After the hottest September on record, I’m guessing we might be heading for the hottest October on record. In any case, took the SUP out on the lake this morning and was hot.

A blue lake with green forested hills in the background under a cloudless blue sky.