Snowshoeing!

Thank you to our wonderful kids and their spouses for this gift!!!  We took advantage of a holiday and 38 degree temperatures to attempt snowshoeing for the first time.  We drove up to Sundance to the yurt (need to get an AWD vehicle if there ever is more snow) and got fitted for snowshoes.  It only took a few minutes to strap them on.  We were handed a map and general directions and headed off. 

We headed off on the trail (we thought).  Along the way we took some pics.  Here we are as we started on the trail.

We realized that we were not heading in the right direction as we came to the road!  Whoops!  So turned around and headed up the steep path and saw these!

Look carefully...bring back any memories from Two Rock?  We took a side trail and ended up near the yurt again-- and I guess we looked kind of lost, because a worker came over to us and asked if we needed any help.   Thanks to her we got onto the right path and with the map were able to hike for about an hour and a half.  It got pretty steep and we hiked up part of the black rated trail (difficult) for a bit, but it was great!  Here are some pics of the scenery and the non-polluted sky.

We weren't quite sure how cold it would be up there, but we both took off jackets, gloves, and I took off my hat after we had been hiking for a half hour.  We were prepared for colder temperatures with layers in the backpack.  It was so much fun and we can't wait to go again!!!  Thank you all!!