Winter has arrived. October was fairly mild right up until the end. A half inch of snow on the night of the 25th slowed and foiled traffic around south-central Alaska. Nights had been below freezing for almost a week and some of the smaller, shallower ponds, like Lake Five, were forming a thin layer of ice. Just enough to support a little snow. Another 18" of snow and the wetlands surrounding the lake will be covered with white and the inlet will no longer be a ribbon disappearing into the woods beyond. Only the salmon fry sheltering in its calm waters will know that a flowing stream exists under the layers of snow.
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