My wife Melissa and I were out driving around the country side today to enjoy one of the few days with snow that we get around here. We're right off of a bay, so, the weather stays pretty moderate all year. If we get snow for a day it often doesn't even make it through the day before melting away. Which is fine by us, we both grew up with enough snow to last many lifetimes. But, when it does snow around here, it's a beautiful treat for us, so, we get out into the country to enjoy it. It never looks as incredible as it would in the mountains of Montana where my wife grew up, where it would literally feel like some kind of magical winter wonderland, but it's still very pretty.
So, we went for a drive in the country and as we passed by a field my wife exclaimed that we had to stop, because the white field wasn't just because of snow fall. The field was FILLED with hundreds of white geese. So, we stopped and opened the window and recorded with my iphone. Unfortunately, I couldn't stop myself from saying things like 'holy shit' over and over, so, that recording was no good and a couple of cars were coming down the road, so, we drove away. But then we couldn't stand not having a a clear recording, so, we we drove until we could circle back and get another recording. Which took forever, because we were in the country and there weren't any places to turn around. We weren't keen on sliding into a ditch because of the snow and slush on the country road. But we finally got back to the field and took a few different videos and this one is the best. Although, it only shows a very small portion of this field.
Even in HD, the recording isn't nearly clear enough to show what it was like to look across the field and see hundreds of white geese. But at least you can hear a bit what it sounded like. It was an incredible experience. Probably the coolest thing I have seen driving out in the country other than the family of bald eagles eating together off the side of the road. Melissa caught that too. We stopped and had a stare off with the daddy eagle until they all took off into the air. Bald eagles are enormous!
Anyway, I had to share this. I wish that the video quality could have been better. I just took my video camera out of the trunk yesterday too. I really need to make sure to always have a camera and video camera at the ready living around here.
Here's a picture of a field that we took a few minutes later, because it was just so pretty.