Sights of Elim

Taking advantage of the sunshine and spring break, I went for a walk this morning.  It felt good to get out and breathe some fresh air after being cooped up for so many months inside.

I don't know why this caught my eye, but I was struck by the sight of just the tips of the crosses sticking out of the snow.

I don't know why it struck me as such a striking sight.

You can see in all these pictures that, judging from the tracks, the rabbits were frollicking amongst the crosses.

I also saw this interesting sight.  A boat.  On the ice.  Nowhere remotely near any water.  Just sitting there for no apparent reason.

The bottom dark spot is the boat.  The top dark spot is the used straw and other "rubbish" (read: dog poo) from the Iditarod checkpoint.  They haul it all out onto the ice and burn the pile periodically.  The smell is positively delightful. 

I thought these rocks at first, but they are huge chunks of ice that were pushed and bunched up against the ice on the shoreline.

What a wonderful place to live!  I can see so many interesting sights within the space of 30 minutes on a beautiful sunny (albeit cold) morning!