I'm still hopeful for some local skiing this winter, but this time we had to drive over an hour to Vermont to find enough snow.
We love cross country skiing. We're crazy about it. We love being out in the quiet of the winter woods, we love covering many more miles than we would on foot, we love swoooshing down the hills, we love coming home cold and tired.
It's not an easy sport, it takes a lot of balance and a lot of hard work. Big uphill climbs take a lot of "motivational voice raising", but they always end with a "thanks for making me do that, it was really fun". We think it's worth the pushing.
We do most of our skiing on wooded trails around here, but a few times a year we head up to the cross country touring centers. They are supper fun. Miles and miles of wide, mapped, groomed trails, fire warmed lodges with warm drinks, and friendly staff to make route recommendations. Graftons Ponds Outdoor Center offers snow tubing as a bonus and luckily ski rentals as we discovered that morning that Elsa had out-grown her ski boots.
We are praying for snow in these parts and itching to go again (a little closer to home).
