Adventures in the Snow

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, covered in scars, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'yahoo!', what a ride."

I love, love, love the snow, and Boston is full of it lately. Leaving church on Sunday I snapped the following two photos.

It was so beautiful and peaceful walking to the train. With hardly anyone around, you could hear nothing but the crunching of snow under your boots. (and my laughter as I came to the un-shoveled areas and had to walk knee deep . . . in a dress!)

With the long weekend and the new snow fall, I was provided a great opportunity to get out with some good friends for a little cross country skiing.

(Emily, Jen and Sarah)

Emily and I were brand new to the sport, but with a little instruction and help from Jen the PRO . . .

. . . we were off and skiing with confidence.

We skied for quite a while and never once ended up on the same path. The trails were great and the weather couldn't have been better.

We (mostly me) took a few spills during the day. This was one of the best. Emily took off first, lost control and ended up wrapped around the tree (one ski on either side). I came up second, tried not to hit Emily, lost control and landed with my skis in the air. We couldn't stop laughing.

Emily and I up and ready for more!

Later we came to a bit of a hill. I went first, lost control and was almost in a full split before falling forward and sliding to a stop. Emily and Jen came flying down after me, lost control, ran into each other and ultimately landed a few feet from me. I really wish we would have caught that one on film. It would have been hilarious to watch.

After skiing for a few hours we went to Concord, MA to grab a bite to eat at the Main Street Cafe. Great soups, sandwiches and baked goods . . . It was just what we needed.

To finish the whole day up, my roommates (Angie and Jen) made snow angels in our front yard.

It was the perfect ending to the perfect day!