We had talked about going snowshoeing today with the Wilson's, but Jeb was too sore after a long day of skiing. The Wilson's headed home this morning and we watched the Vikings game. I was sick of sitting in the house when the sun was shining outside, so I talked Jason into trying out snowshoeing ourselves. We rented some snowshoes at the Chalet and started on our journey to the Sleeping Giant trail. It was packed down snow initially to get to the trail and that was no problem. We decided that we would see how these things worked so we went off-path, sure enough I lost a shoe and didn't even realize it until Jason says, "Nicole, you might need the other shoe." So the Sleeping Giant trail goes up the ski hills in the woods through the deep snow. It was definetely a workout. It was about 16 degrees out and we were "hot". We were out for about 1 1/2 hours and had to head back because it was getting dark. It was definetely a neat experince. I feel that living Up North for a year has been a unique experience and one that we are trying to take full advantage of. There are so many things to do during each of the seasons in Minnesota. Maybe we will give Cross Country Skiing a try next. We are excited because the ski hill will now be open after work until 8pm. We plan on getting as much practice in before our trip out West next week.
Making the trail up the hill for us.
Half-way up the hill there was a X-Country trail and Jason was a bit exhausted. He had to stop for a quick breather and water break!
The Upper Sleeping Giant trail.
We decided to go off-path for a while. It sure is a lot of work in the deep snow.
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