{"id":8941,"date":"2026-01-10T15:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/?p=8941"},"modified":"2026-01-10T15:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:37:25","slug":"week-of-january-4th-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/10\/week-of-january-4th-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of January 4th, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260105_133241.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260105_133241.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260105_133241-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260105_133241-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table  style=\"width:100%; font-size: 0.75em; margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"  class=\"easy-table easy-table-cuscosky \" >\n<caption>Weekly Temperature & Wind Speed<\/caption>\n<thead>\r\n<tr><th  style=\"text-align:center\" ><\/th>\n<th >Sun<\/th>\n<th >Mon<\/th>\n<th >Tue<\/th>\n<th >Wed<\/th>\n<th >Thu<\/th>\n<th >Fri<\/th>\n<th >Sat<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\r\n<tr><td  style=\"text-align:center\" >High:<\/td>\n<td >-5.5\u00b0<\/td>\n<td >-4.5\u00b0<\/td>\n<td >-0.7\u00b0<\/td>\n<td >1.0\u00b0<\/td>\n<td >3.1\u00b0<\/td>\n<td >10.1\u00b0<\/td>\n<td >1.5\u00b0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n<tr><td  style=\"text-align:center\" >Low:<\/td>\n<td >-10.1\u00b0<\/td>\n<td >-10.6\u00b0<\/td>\n<td >-5.1\u00b0<\/td>\n<td >-1.2\u00b0<\/td>\n<td >-0.2\u00b0<\/td>\n<td >1.0\u00b0<\/td>\n<td >-0.5\u00b0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n<tr><td  style=\"text-align:center\" >Wind (km\/h):<\/td>\n<td >10.1 NNE<\/td>\n<td >17.8 ESE<\/td>\n<td >18.1 ESE<\/td>\n<td >12.2 WNW<\/td>\n<td >16.1 SSE<\/td>\n<td >40.9 SW<\/td>\n<td >21.6 ESE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>2026 marks the beginning of the tenth year that I&#8217;ve been walking down the beach daily and posting pictures. Considering I actually started my daily walks in 2016 (but didn&#8217;t get the idea to create a website until a year later), it is actually 11 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January is a time for New Year&#8217;s resolutions, and this year I plan to bring my daily walks to Canada&#8217;s new social media platform, Gander, once it launches at the end of the month. (see <a href=\"https:\/\/gandersocial.ca\">https:\/\/gandersocial.ca<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260105_161312.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260105_161312.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260105_161312-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260105_161312-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday, January 5th, 2026 &#8211; We are running out of places to put the snow! I snapped this picture along Shore Lane, west of 13th Street, to show how high the snowbanks are getting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260106_124232.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260106_124232.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260106_124232-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260106_124232-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, January 6th, 2026 &#8211; Thankfully, someone had already pulled a sleigh down the trail between the RecPlex and ShoreLane, or walking the trail after the snow would have been difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260107_160911.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260107_160911.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260107_160911-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260107_160911-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday, January 7th, 2026 &#8211; 57th street is often my turnaround point when I walk the west end of the beach. There is ice along the shore, but Georgian Bay remains wide open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_104822.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_104822.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_104822-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_104822-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, January 8th, 2026 &#8211; Today was absolutely gorgeous with a few more inches of fresh snow. This picture was taken at Beach Area 3, walking down snowmobile trails heading west in the late morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260109_110107.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260109_110107.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260109_110107-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260109_110107-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday, January 8th, 2026 &#8211; Looking northwest from Beach Area 5 on another sunny day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 marks the beginning of the tenth year that I&#8217;ve been walking down the beach daily and posting pictures. 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