January At The Beach.

We had a green Christmas this year,

which was unusual, as the most 

of our province was already 

burdened with snow. 

On the 4th of January we had a

dusting of snow on the ground.

On the 5th, my sister Annie and I

decided to go for a walk to the 

beach, before more snow came

and prevented us to do that.

Only a dusting of snow on the ground.

 

This is a beach on the Baie des Chaleur,

in Gaspé, Eastern Quebec.

We had a sunny day with clear blue skies

 

We dressed very warm

The temperature was 

-5degrees Celsius

(23 Fahrenheit)

The hardest was taking

off gloves to take a pic.

My hands got cold very fast.

My sister Annie.

We walked towards the frozen waterfalls.

We didn't get too close

because of falling rocks and ice.

A close-up

On our way back

Annie

Very low tides.

We walk here often in Summer

and I have never seen the tide

so low. 

There is a lot of erosion on our

shores from rising seawater.

The absence of ice flow, 

(a usually large flat free mass 

of floating sea ice)

caused by milder temperatures

has caused more erosion.

The ice flows, out in the deep,  

are known to reduce the size of

the waves, and protect the shoreline

 as those waves make their way to 

 the beach.

Also Spring thaw will take more land. 

While walking on the beach, 

we could see and hear rocks

from the cliffs falling. 

Trees falling and washed into the sea.

Large boulders were placed for 

protection from high tides and 

strong ocean waves.

Stairways eaten away.

The highlight of our adventure

was finding this sand dollar.

First time ever I see one

 on the beach here.

The other side was broken.

Probably washed here with

the high tides and strong waves.

I hope you enjoyed our adventure 

on the beach in January.

We are happy to have gone as

this may be the last chance to

get to the beach with deep snow

blocking most paths. 

Last week we had a heavy snowfall

with over a foot of snow falling.

The photo below was taken Jan. 14th.

Thanks for your visit

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