before it snowed

before it snowed, it was decently warm, and so dry we could walk all the way past the boat launch on the shore (normally underwater).

we found animal tracks and trash from long ago:  chunks of the city, in the mud for a hundred years, to be poked at and examined, until it's soon covered with snow and ice, then water in the spring.

they put muddy shells in their pockets, and with cold hands, we made our way along with our day.