This time of year, visiting my cabin requires me to snowshoe across winter’s accumulations of snow for the last few hundred yards. At present, something near two-feet of snow blankets the understory of the pine forest surrounding the cabin. Yesterday, Desiree and I strapped snowshoes to our winter boots and tracked our way into the cabin – a first for our island girl.
She
immediately took to the snowshoes. I am
impressed by how fully Desiree has adopted our northern winter. She finds the snow and frost and winter skies
beautiful. She has embraced all manner of
outdoor winter activities and definitely enjoyed snowshoeing through our
untracked meadow.
After
trekking to the cabin, we joined our mountain neighbors for a winter fire near
the iced-over creek at their place. We needed
to scoop down through the snow to locate the firepit before building a fire. Once we managed to get warming flames
scissoring away at some split rounds in the pit, we sipped naturally chilled
drinks and watched the downy clouds sail over the valley.
Desiree
and Our Snowshoeing Gear
Walking
Untracked Snow
The
Cabin in Snow
Our
Neighbor’s Picnic Table
Selfie
With the Crew
—Mitchell
Hegman
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