Happy New Year 2024.

But it looks more like November than January.

_D7A4854 This is out the front of our house on December 30.

We left home to begin our drive to British Columbia on December 31.

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We drove only to Blind River, where we celebrated the coming of the new year with Claudette and Bob, and guests Marilyn and Jerry.

This is their house on the North Channel of Lake Huron, at Blind River, on New Year's Day.

_D7A4862 This is the shoreline at the house. Usually there would be a fair amount of ice on the lake.

_D7A4865 Bob got his ATV out of the garage and took me for a ride to a walking trail up the road.

_D7A4879 I had walked up this trail the previous day and had seen a photo opportunity.

_D7A4869 At this time of the year, with the lack of snow and numerous cloudy days, one has to search and look closely for image possibilities. This is one that I found.

Tomorrow, we leave on the next leg of our trip, to Pewaukee, Wisconsin.