12 outdoor activities to transform your winter
Get out of the house, keep fit, and enjoy cold-weather fun in a socially distanced way
Rich Beattie
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We know: We’re facing a long winter ahead. And the fear of cabin fever is real – especially after a year largely spent in quarantine.
Fortunately, it’s easy to get outdoors and find fun and safe winter activities in central and northern New York to keep moving and beat the winter blues. And while the area boasts great ski mountains like Hunter and Windham, sometimes you want activities that require less skill and experience.
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Snowshoeing is a great winter activity to get kid out of the house. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEIN
Time is a crazy construct in these pandemic days. It both flies and crawls, and just when you think you’ve conquered the calendar and settled into a routine, you realize it’s mid-winter school recess. The kids are off for a whole week and you have nothing planned.
But then what is there to do? So many go-to sites, like museums and movie theaters are still closed. Certain available scenarios still feel wildly unsafe. The closest most of us can get to a warm-weather respite is a light therapy lamp, an ocean waves sound machine and a margarita.
Patty Wetli | January 8, 2021 12:04 pm
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Most migratory birds high-tail it out of Illinois during winter, but that’s when bald eagles opt to move in. According to state officials, more bald eagles over-winter here than anywhere outside of Alaska.
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Some 3,000 of the raptors will spend the season hanging out along the state’s waterways, with January and February being the prime time to catch a glimpse of these majestic birds. Though a number of events have been canceled due to the pandemic, including the Illinois Audubon Society’s Bald Eagle Watch Weekend, the birds are still out there, and there are plenty of places in the Chicago region where the eagles can be seen.
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