Full Moon Cross Country Skiing
Feb 20th, 2008 by admin
Cross country skiing at night has become one of my new favorite things to do. Once a week my friend Jen and I meet somewhere after sun down and ski. It is a great time to go and relax because your days work is done, the kids are in bed and dinner is in your tummy. Last night was exceptionally fun because of the full moon. We never use flash lights or head lamps because the whiteness of the snow makes it pretty easy to follow the trail once, your eyes have adjusted to the darkness. The best part of the whole experience is that you can not see every little up and down in the snow, icy spots in the track and other obstacles so you have to feel your way along as you gracefully (some times not so gracefully) kick and glide down the trail. For example, last night I suddenly started going down an icy hill through the trees really fast. The dogs were running along me excitedly because I was laughing so loud. Then to add to the chaos my hat slid down in front of my eyes, so I started screaming, even louder. Which of course upset Jazzmine, who then bit me in the leg as if trying to get me to stop acting that way . Oh, Jazzmine is a dog. All in all we made it out alive even with the scary stories of wolves, mountain lions and boogie men that we told each other along the way.
