>> yeah. >> you kind of have to walk duck footed in snowshoes. >> snowshoeing with dallas and eddie,o drink is critical. >> the key right? warm the core. >> heat people from the outside in. fire, warm clothes et cetera. but then, think if you drink something hot, all of a sudden you are burning up. >> reporter: we stomped on snow to clear an area to make a fire and gathered wood with a fold-out saw. even when everything is soaking wet they showed me, birch bark and moss which are perfect for getting a fire started. >> this mossy stuff. use that to start a fire. >> no matches, no lighter, no problem. >> i will smear chap stick into the cotton ball. it is going to act just look a candle. >> eddie keeps chap stick and cotton balls on him at all times. sound strange until you add sparks. >> there it goes. both carry a simple flint to scrape with a trusty knife. soon, we are melting snow over a raging fire. we add pine needles for flavor, a sort of back woods tea. >> if you put thissen a c ein a starbuck's, people would pay $5 for it. not saying much about this, but people. >> busy showin

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liberty, snowshoe, wisp, some reports open trails on the low side.base of 24 inches. wisp, 6 trails open, base of 19 inches. if you hit slopeser tweet me, post it it. lows tonight will be in the 20s for most of us inside of the beltway and by the water. low to mid-30s there. it's a chilly morning for the bus stop. kids heading back to school. mid-30s in the district. around 30 in the suburb. more clouds tomorrow. mostly cloudy monday, as we get into december 27nd. for tuesday, looking at a high of 52 degrees. wednesday still in low 50s. and mild air arrives. thursday, a high of 57. friday high of 62. that will almost feel balmy compared to what we've had lately. the chance of rain, though, friday, i think rain is likely friday. colder an saturday. high of 48. continued chance of rain. >> holiday cards and gifts filling up mailboxes but workload heavier for the postal work, with the longest route. >>> votes are in. my money's on bow-bow. wait u >>> with the holidays here, the postal service is about to get busy. delivering packages, cards and warm wis

snowshoeing with dallas and eddie, they told us staying warm and having something to drink is critical warm the core. >> heat people from the outside in, fire warm clothes, et cetera. but if you drink something hot, all of a sudden you are burning up. >> reporter: we stomped on snow to clear an area to make a fire and gather wood with a fold-out saw. even when everything is soaking wet, they showed me birch bark and moss which are perfect for getting a fire started. no matches, no lighter, no problem. >> i will smear some of this chapstick into this cotton ball, and it will act like a candle. >> reporter: eddie keeps chapstick and a few cotton balls on him at all times. it sounds strange until you add sparks. >> it goes. >> reporter: both carry a simple flint to scrape with a trusty knife. soon we are melting snow over a raging fire. we had pine needles for flavor for a kind of back woods tea. >> if you put it in a cup of starbucks people would pay 5 bucks for this. >> it is not saying much about this, but saying a lot about people. >> reporter: dallas and eddie built a shelter in the

liberty mountain, winter green, snowshoe, wisp, white tail all open.. snowshoe reporting 13 trails open. liberty mountain reporting a base of 16 to 22 inches. tweet me, facebook me, let me know if you plan on going skiing or snowboarding today. maybe heading to the redskins game tonight as they take on the new york giants at fedex field. kick-off 8:30. it will be cool for the game. but considering it's december 1st, i don't think that temperature's too bad, around 40. you need a warm jacket. light winds throughout the day. and as kids get on the bus tomorrow as our long holiday weekend comes to a close, they need to bundle up in the morning but layer by the afternoon. maybe a light jacket, long sleeves will be okay at recess. starting off in the morning, as they're getting on the bus stop, temperatures will be in the mid-30s inside of the belt way and around 30 for those of you in the suburbs. sunrise time now, at 7:09. looking at the next seven days, notice how temperatures warm each day. tomorrow, a high around 50 degrees but plenty of clouds. low 50

. >> and big paws, too, that are natural snowshoes. >> natural snowshoes. >> can i keep him?get that? >> barbie. i get it. this is -- this is one of the animals that you can't believe exists until you see one up close. >> don't get his quill. these quills, by the way, they're from africa. they're from zimbabwe. they're not all in northern africa and central africa. these kills, are used as weapons in that part of the world. >> how does barbie deploy them? >> they go up like this, like a peacock and rattle their feathers. it's the largest porcupine in the world. >> bush baby? is there a bush baby? these are beautiful. >> bush baby. >> what i love about the bush baby, they carry the infants in the mother's mouth for the first month? >> yes. what are you doing? >> i don't want jack hanna asking what are you doing? this is when it gets away from you. >> this is a bush baby. nocturnal. these animals in the daytime will get about 50 of them in a ball because they're nocturnal. they're pollinators. they are a beautiful animal. you see those eyes all over the place out there. >> real