days four-six--abandoning skis and going snowshoeing

the days: january 20-22. for brevity's sake let's just say it was cold out. i never saw it above 15° or below 5°, at least when i was out and about. it was never really windy, but at times it was pushing such cold air, it felt almost brutal. after some morning clouds on thursday, the sun was out and brilliant. monday's snow was still deep, but wednesday evening's warmup left a troublesome crust on top.

the adventure: skip showed up in the drive about 9a and we got skis on and started up town hill. it was extremely slippery, so we turned around after 100 yards to go down and put skins on. that's when we discovered the crust made turning wicked hard work--i.e. no fun at all. back in the drive skip decided to bag it and go nordic ski with linda. 

i was all dressed so i switched to my school bag, grabbed my snowshoes, and went off "over the river and through the woods" to work. coming home, i stomped out the other half of the x-c trail. on friday, i did the whole loop again. on saturday, pam and i did it once more when i went to grab a timber sheet from the shop. (dave's building and construction class is going to help me frame another outdoor classroom starting tuesday.)

the memories: the commute in on thursday morning and then home in the evening.

friday was definitely one of those cold, clear days. of course i left the house without my camera, so there is no visual record. that didn't bother me as that cold "brutal" wind was channeling down the river where i like to take a picture. on friday though, pam had her phone and i had a camera, plus there was no wind on the river.

notes: the three sets of tracks above are just me, trying to make a straighter and straighter line.

- skip does not like snowshoeing 
- my hip sometimes does not like snowshoeing 
- pam loves to snowshoe 
- everybody loves going "over the river and through the woods"

go outside and play!