All Blog Posts Tagged 'snowshoe' (5)

Finally, the snow we've all been waiting for has arrived - and at just the right time! About 8" of nice powder arrived overnight and while we are hoping for more, this gives us a great base for cross country skiing and snowshoeing. This picture was taken on the ski trail behind my house! Doesn't get…

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Looking south to Arcadia, from Elberta Bluffs, photo by Jeff Smith

 

Just wanted to share this photo shot last weekend. Good drama in the snow-cloud sky -- notice the next wave of snow moving in to the bluff face at Arcadia. Was great to be out in it, stomping around on the bluffs, a…

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Well, it is the lull between Christmas and New Years and many people are still around, trying to decide what to do this week...  With the weather looking to be less than desirable later in the week, I would recommend the following:

 

1.  Snowshoe: Leelanau State Park, Sleeping Bear Lakeshore, Houdek Dunes or Veronica Valley.  A lot of the trails are well worn with the absence of any new snow in the last week, but good times can still be had off-trail!  Get out and…

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In a sweet and drawling voice, I am recounting the famous gingerbread man’s words—except substituting said cookie for a cup of hot cocoa—as Max and I trudge up the last snow piled hill before we’ll reach our back door.



“Come try and get me,” I tease in the voice I assume hot chocolate would have should it learn to speak. “Run, run as faaaaaassssst as you can, you won’t drink me ‘cause I’m the cocoa woman (we go for gender equity in story telling).”



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It’s not uncommon for someone to say to me something to the effect of, “Dude, how do you get through winter up here?” The comment might come from people who have recently relocated here, deceived into thinking it’s Fourth of July weekend 52 weeks a year. Or it might come from people who have lived here for years.



I understand the question, but I also understand the solution, and lucky for you, I’m going to share it in a metaphor. This is a metaphor that I made up myself and whenever… Continue