Mountains and Leftovers!

I heard somewhere we've had snow for ten straight weekends, lately it's been a dusting followed by a week of melting. I'd be happy if that trend keeps going at least for a few more weeks. But it's going to be a long time before the mountains of snow disappear. Here are a few shots of those mountains of snow along with leftovers I found while searching my files.

Good Harbor Beach Canyon!

 A cliff hanger!

 Good Harbor Beach Mountain Range!

Dead tree overlooks the marsh.

 Another look at the Range!

 A foggy day at the Paint Factory.

 A closer look.

 Dusk is starting to settle over the fog.

 Fishermen's Memorial

 Foggy Good Harbor Beach 5/10/13.

 A "selfie" 3/18/12.

 Fog bank rolls in April 2012.

 Sunset 4/21/10.

 Gull on a piling 5/3/10.

 City Hall 4/5/10

 A fisherman silhouette!

From Essex to Gloucester!

I took a ride through Essex the other day and stopped at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum grounds. Always an interesting visit this time of year with all the ice in the Essex River. Then a quick stop to Little River in Gloucester, down Stacy Boulevard over to Good Harbor Beach to check the mountains of snow. Also a few shots around Gloucester's Rogers Street area.

A look over to Burham's Boat Yard.

 Upturned old skiff buried in snow.

 Santa's Workshop!

 Hole in a hull!

 Old Dodge Power Wagon.

 Frozen Essex River.

 Dory

 Schooner "Ardelle" bow.

 Sitting on ice cakes!

 "Ardelle's" winter home.

 From the deck of the de-masted schooner "Maine".

 "Main" at the end of the Essex River.

 The Great Marsh!

 "The House" on the marsh.

Little River

Big pile of snow on I4-C2, an undeveloped parcel on Gloucester's waterfront.

 Cape Pond Ice

Paint Factory

                            
City Hall

 Dirty mountains of snow at Good Harbor Beach.

 Looking at each other!

 "Look over there"!

 A Gloucester sunset.

 Down goes the sun.

Snowiest Winter On Record!

We were buried by snow for five weeks straight then a period of melting when temps almost reached the 60's. But on Sunday a few inches of the miserable white stuff fell putting us over the top of the snowiest winters on record! Gloucester averages 51.8" of snowfall per year, This year 123.8" !

Cripple Cove

 Harbor ice breaks up.

 A foggy night on Rocky Neck.

 My yard a few days ago.

 This morning!

 "The House" at Good Harbor Beach.

 Parking attendant booth at Good Harbor Beach.

 The water has no place to go!

 Flooded parking lot.

 The Good Harbor Beach Mountain Range!

 Mount Good Harbor Beach!

 From the marsh.

 Dog Bar Breakwater

 Driftwood

 Eastern Point Lighthouse

 From the breakwater.

 A couple on the breakwater.