Accidents Happen Near Home

You have heard the statistics...most accidents happen within 5 miles of your house. That was my thought yesterday.  On a beautiful sunny afternoon Case and I decided to snowshoe up Davis Creek that we can see from our living room - and definitely without a paddle.  It was all good until we reached an area that is usually bog in the summer.  We then began to go down through the snow into the slushy water beneath it bringing up slush with the snowshoe which froze right away.  Snowshoeing with two blocks of ice is not fun!  Of course, we were in the middle of the bog so no quick exit.  On we trudged - getting heavier with each step.  I was thinking of the above statistic with the headline "Woman Freezes in Bog Half-Mile From Home."  Or it could read "Woman Freezes on 60th Birthday."  Yes, my birthday.  Well, of course, we made it to the road where I then carried my ice blocks home and ate a piece of cake.