Cascading Waters can be found at 135 Olean Street on the eastern edge of Worcester's northwest parklands, the Cascades. The Cascades are 350 acres of park and conservation lands along the borders of Worcester, Paxton, and Holden, Massachusetts. Home to countless species of plants and animals, the Cascades are open to passive recreation year-round.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Ground Fog!

7:30 am
Pretty much 50 degrees F (49.8);
actively raining;
0.47" fell overnight;
98% humidity!;
29.53" mercury and falling.

This isn't over yet.

The melting is in full fast forward.
Past footprints became patches of ice, and now they are bowls of ice filled with water.
Wherever the snow pack was light, like under a coniferous tree, it is bare ground and as wet as quicksand.

Anyone looking to hike ought consider rubber boots/galoshes.

The fog hugs the ground and there are waves of dense fog and thiner fog as the very gentle breeze moves across the landscape.
I am willing to bet that the fog at Cook's Pond across Olean Street is quite impressive as the ice turns back to pond again.
The trees and landscape of the woods always seem more alive with fog.

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