Sunday, November 25th, 2012
Al said, "Might as well go. It's tradition." I sure didn't feel like walking today as I was cuddled up on the couch in front of the fire place. However, we all layered up pretty good, packed some snacks, and got our water (and some warm herbal tea in thermoses). Today we had our first little snow drops. The snow didn't accumulate but it's still fun to see the first flakes every year. It was just below 0 and fairly windy. We chose to go to Blue Mountain Birch Cove so we could walk in the woods and be protected from the wind for the most part. We also know which trails tend to be drier.
I'd say we all dressed appropriately but it was still chilly to get started. It wasn't long before we all started trail running. It's awesome how the whole family enjoys running the trails now. There are certainly some falls, but mostly everyone is pretty amazing with their foot work on the technical trails. This makes me so happy.
We found some new signage on the trails. Though they were not put there by HRM, I think they are very professionally done and absolutely needed as new people find out about this wilderness treasure we have in this city. I'm a bit scared to see how the city will progress with this area. I love it as it is now, but am extremely excited about sharing the area with others who might not be as comfortable in the back-country as we are. Also, with more use, the neccessity for more trail maintenance will become obvious.
The boys had already had hot cocoa in the morning after some street hockey so I brought some lemon and honey herbal tea on this hike. It was a welcomed treat to have a warm drink at our rest, and yummy cinnamon rolls, too!
We managed to get back to the car in about 2 hours - a relatively short trip for us.
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