Snowshoeing

The weather these past two weeks has been oddly warm. Mid-high fourties in the day, high 30's at night. This is a touch of spring in the middle of winter, and I'm not sure I like it. Dr. H and I recently recieved cross country skis as a Christmas present (thank you!), and we have been trying to get up to the trails as often as possible. THis last weekend, we threw our gear in the back of the car and headed up to Mt. Spokane to find the temps at the top of the mountain warmer than they were at our house! The snow was icy slush, and after a quick turn around one of the easy trails we retreated to the car to begin plan B: Snowshoeing. As long as there is enough snow on the ground, snowshoeing will be our back up plan. And with a balmy 43 degree sunny day, what a glorious plan B it was :)

Snowshoe Trail

At the top of the hike we found some snow shelters made by a local boyscout troupe. Neither of us had ever been inside an igloo before, so we played a bit in them before we settled down to our hot chocolate and cookies.

Here's to an active New Year!