I miss winter. I've been following updates from Baxter State Park, and it looks like Mt. Katahdin is still completely covered in snow. As my start date nears, I am unfortunately having to face the very real possibility that the Mt. Katahdin trail might not be open by June 1st. It is a little disheartening that I might not be able to start at Mt. Katahdin and will need to return later to summit the mountain.
Despite that bit of potentially bad news, I am super excited at the prospect of snow. High temperatures are terribly difficult for Roxy to hike in, and she absolutely loves the snow. The thought of seeing snow again has me very excited about getting on the AT. I didn't always love snow, but the fact that my ex had an irrational hatred for snow makes me love it even more. I love the fact that snow makes everything more challenging, and rising to that challenge makes me feel invincible. My ex would plop down on the sofa and watch TV all winter while lamenting about how miserable snow is. That sort of dreadful attitude made me want to be the exact opposite. I love everything about the snow. I love shoveling snow and getting an awesome whole body workout. I love walking Roxy through the snow and watching her frolic joyfully. I love bundling up and wandering through the streets admiring the freshly fallen snow, while everyone else pathetically hides in their homes. Snow is powerful, beautiful and inspiring, and I can't wait to see it again.
In other news, I've been reading a lot of trail blogs lately and they are mostly incredibly boring. They are a literal step by step account of each day's hike. My blog will not be like that. I don't like reading long boring texts, so I don't plan on writing them either. I'm only sharing fun stuff, not minute by minute accounts of what I do all day.
I also like pictures, so here are bunch of pictures of places I wish I was right now.
 |
| The White Mountains: My happy place. Picture taken during my first true hiking experience. |
 |
| How could you not be happy here?! |
 |
| It was so cold I had to cover every inch of skin, totally worth it to see sunsets like this. |
 |
| My pride and joy on top of the world. |
 |
| Despite looking like a wintery mountain landscape, this is actually a frozen Lake Michigan. |
 |
| Winter picnic at Lake Michigan. Fancy winter gear has been acquired. |
It was so much fun when you took us for a night walk in 2 feet deep snow in Granger. There were no cars or people only us and you dogs running in a deep snow in the silence of the night!:)
ReplyDelete