It's been a while since i've been out on snowshoes, both because of life and cruddy snow. But many of my favorite winter memories involve walking through the woods in the snow. Today, Liam strapped on his first (his mom's really) pair of snowshoes and we took a two mile walk through Stratton Brook State Park. We both had a blast.
Walking with kids is really fun, because they slow you down. I find that the leisurely pace dictated by kids allows me to notice things i would otherwise pass without noticing. The kids notice things too. Birds in bushes, oddly colored rocks, salamanders, etc.
The barrage of questions, though at times difficult to manage also directs me to think about things that i haven't thought of in some time. Why do leaves change color, what kind of clouds are those, where do bunnies sleep in the winter?
This was not the 10 miles though the Green Mountains, or through a blizzard, but it was a great time.
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