Twilight Family Ski

With the weather being at times so cold, it can be difficult to motivate enough to get out the door, and as the day progresses, this process become increasingly difficult. Call it inertia, but by the afternoon, with the sun setting and the temperature dropping, we are pretty content to sit by the fire in our underpants.

We had spent a fairly lazy day lounging around the house, though for a real-man in training, there is always some sort of work that needs to be done like filling the wood box or making rice crispy treats. The problem we seem to run into a lot is when everyone stays inside for long periods, people start to go a little stir crazy.

We considered going for a walk, because the weather was nice, if not a little cold, but the kids balked at that idea. Then we thought of skiing. The trail conditions are a bit poor, mainly because we haven’t been getting a lot fo snow, but there was more than enough to ski. The kids were hesitant at first, but then N decided he was ready, and that’s all it took. We got our gear on, employing N’s new boots (thanks MB), and hit the trails.

The weather was perfect, and just as the sun was setting and evening set in, we had more than enough light to ski the trail and then do a half loop in the meadow. We even saw our neighbors with their pup. We got home feeling much better, because you can work up a bit of a sweat XC skiing.

Best of all, the kids really had fun, and they both indicated that they wanted to go more often. This is good, because XC skiing is a must when you live up here, the trails are literally on your front door step, and it’s free. How can you pass that up?

Until the next time, thanks for reading, and thanks to RC for the pics.