It's Always Good To Go To The Trailhead

Again we were very surprised and happy to see sun and clear skies when we got near our trailhead for today's snowshoe. The rule for bad weather hike/snowshoe days is that you at least go to the trailhead before giving up.

Today our snowshoe was to begin about 7 miles up Forest Service Road 7174 between Greenwater and Crystal Mountain. We were able to drive up 1 mile before the road was closed so we parked and traded in a fairly flat snowshoe for the day after St. Patrick's Day for a steady uphill on the forest service road.

Athena was able to join us since it was just Lisa, Pam and I. She and we had a blast and got in about 6 miles round trip. Here are some pictures of the trip.

Sherrie will be happy to hear that Athena knocked Lisa down once by stepping on the back of her snowshoes. Now she's not the only one. Athena doesn't look much like a trail dog and even less like a snow dog, but she likes it out there - the deeper the better.

As we drove back towards home we were treated to first snow and then steady rain the rest of the way. That's why you always go to the trailhead!

More soon....