With the temperature hovering at 11 degrees and the wind chill at 10 to 20 below zero, not all of the usual hikers headed out today. The rest of us took off on snowshoes across Tony’s hayfield and down into his wooded land. Hiker dog Annie became extremely chilled early on so we brought her… Continue reading

It was a perfect day for hiking today. Up, up, and away from the shopping, cleaning, decorating, mailing, and all the other seasonal distractions. The sun was out, the temperature was comfortably in the 20s, and the wind was only a little breezy. Gwen led us on new trails that led to our old friend,… Continue reading

Our first wintry hike since early in this year. It was SO cold, or perhaps I just need to get used to the cold again. Temperature in the low 20s, some wind, It’s a good thing that we all wore spikes, as the trail was covered from start to finish with a crusty mix of… Continue reading

Cold, gray weather today but wearing all that Hunters Orange kept us warm, and filled the forest with color. We had three hiking guests today: Tony’s friends from Alaska: Sam, a geologist, and his wife Tako, an Arctic botanist and local Rema, an artist and writer. We found a stump sprouted tree so huge at… Continue reading