No, that’s not an adjective we were familiar with until today but we’re staying at Green Lakes State Park near Syracuse, New York and the two lakes here are very deep and are meromictic meaning that the deep and the surface waters do not experience seasonal mixing. On a hike around the lakeshore we got to observe a couple of effects of the high calcium carbonate levels in the water. Besides the beautiful green blue water color there was the curious reef-like constructions formed by calcium carbonate deposited by bacteria over the ages since the lakes were formed by the last ice age. We loved walking through the woods surrounding the lakes and looking across at happy children cavorting in the waters at the beach!
Winter Magic in Medina
By deliberate choice we were in Medina for all the winter holiday festivities from Candlelight Walk in the days before Thanksgiving through A Christmas Carol and A Celtic Christmas as well as an Alex Bevan Concert and a historic house tour all the way through Medina’s 31st Ice Festival but perhaps the highlight was the town hosting hundreds of folks whose homes and lives were devasted by Hurricane Helene at the A Promise of Christmas Event the middle of January. It’s an honor to be a part of this amazing community!
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