If you've read my blog, you will probably have made the connection between my "I hate exercise" blog and this one that's shaping up here! Winter is a LOT of work. Just getting dressed in the appropriate type and layers of clothing can make my pre-menopausal body break out in a cold sweat! To say nothing of the struggle of finding the winter gear in our over loaded basement and getting it all transferred to a vehicle so we can get somewhere to work some more muscles that are already strained from pulling on those blasted boots!
BUT! I think I have found a winter pasttime that I can actually enjoy! Right out the basement door and off into the winter paradise that we live in! I am utterly amazed. In November we met Bob and Karen as we were shopping in Costco and I showed them our newest purchase... snowshoes!! As polite as they are they didn't fall down on the concrete floor laughing with gusto and scorn! Thanks, guys! (They bought some too!) The snow shoes then languished in their pretty boxes for the rest of November and December and January... Paul took his for a spin the last weekend in January but mine were still shiny and new, wrapped in their protective shrinkwrap. And I could hear them calling my name... "Lori, Come get us!" WHAT? snowshoes calling my name? Chocolate, cookies, potato chips... all now banned from the house ... I was well accustomed to my name being called by these good buddies! But snowshoes? Really?
Well Saturday brought an emergency trip to Mercer's for good snowboots for both of us. I got Sorels and Paul bought the neatest pair of BOGs I have ever seen. Back to the house, suited up and out the basement door. Ratcheting bindings and adjustable heel straps! Easy! I took my ski poles with me for support but I didn't need them and stuck them in a snow bank and off through the back yard we went! Having spent a few winters cross country skiing I felt a little let down that I couldn't coast down the hills but I sure appreciated the claws under my snowshoes when I had to come back up the same dips!
The fresh snow was a lot of work, but much kinder on the joints than the hard packed snowmobile tracks. And I have to tell the truth, after 30 minutes of walking my mind and hips were begging for the return trip home! But, Sunday we went again! This time we were watching the skies very carefully and turned around and came back when the snow started to fall ... Couldn't get lost in our back yard could we? Wow, the woods have a lot of paths in them! When we walked down there in January, you could tell which trails were used, but with them all covered in snow and ski-doo tracks, it can be a little confusing for newbies like us!
Well it is Tuesday now and I am eagerly awaiting the weekend and some more exploring! Gotta love Lethbridge!
OH! And the weigh-in last night? I am down again! Not much but enough to make me smile!
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ReplyDeleteLooks like you guys had fun in all that pretty snow (she says, having spent the weekend in the beautiful, clear sky-ed, 72F SoCal). And down at the weigh-in - a terrific two-fer!!
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