snowshoeing?

 I love snow. Regular reader are saying, there she goes again, snow, snow, snow. That little wet snow has given me the winter itch. Can't help it.

It must be karma, because today I received my Volkssport newsletter and in it was a snowshoeing adventure in Vermont. A $500 bus trip. Sadly you'd spend two days on the bus, and two days in the snow. Not my idea of a good time. Plus I'd have to miss some work. Not a good idea.

So while my students were working on their projects and I was killing time till the next question, I looked up snowshoeing on line. The rail trails will be a great place to do it, but I'm a klutz (regular readers know that as well!) I want some instruction.

My search lead me to the LLBean Center Valley Outing Group. They have all kinds of cool adventures. (Of which the equipment you can purchase at their stores.) Last night was snowshoing basics. My timing is off. I couldn't have gone anyway, I had class. So far there is no group outing, but we'll see. I signed up on their meet-up page and became part of the group. I think I'll go to the book club meeting. An odd activity for a outdoor group, but at least I'll meet people. These shoes run in the hundreds of dollars. I'd need to rent first. Maybe the ski places?

I found a first-timers article/video in Snowshoeing Magazine. I'll have to give it a read when I get time. It's also where I borrowed the pix.

We'll see what happens.

Now what's really odd is after class I went to check FB, and Lydia is posting all about snowshoeing on her bariatric page. Coincidence? Perhaps. Or maybe the angel spiked the snow with some sort of snowshoeing fairy dust.

We'll see.