Cross Country Skiing

So many toys here- we just have to try them all out. Today it was cross country skiing! During the week Cliff and I dragged the trail groomer around on the back of a snowmobile. So we had a very very rough track set.

So Emily and I put on some silly looking shoes and clipped into the extremely narrow skis with much topple factor. We glided off (of a fashion) and then down the first descent and quickly found you cannot snow plough on these things so how do you stop- ah well too late I've fallen over so that stopped me! How ungainly?!

And so it continued - a most inefficient way of travelling if you are as skilled at me. Occasionally I got into a stride and glide then hit a rough patch of ground and I was wobbling and flailing or falling. I can't say I've taken to this form of transport but perhaps I need to persist as it will be the best form of exercise around here during the week.

The Lake had frozen over overnight this week as it dropped to -15c, you could almost walk on it. It was an amazingly quick transformation. But today its melted a little and the ice flows were floating about at the edges. No ice hockey yet.

A beautiful blue sky day- we also went snow shoeing over in Bralorne down to Fish Lake. That was completely frozen still.

Another great weekend playing in the snow.