Embracing Winter!

I now feel I can really call myself a Minnesotan! Instead of watching winter go by from the warmth of my home I am heading out doors and enjoying some winter sports. I figured that if can stand to run in below 0 temps I should be able to handle cross county skiing. The only time I had been cross country skiing was as a 6th grader so I was a little nervous! I headed over to a local park with groomed trails with some of my workout buddies. For the low- low price of $11.43 cents I was able to get skis, poles, boots, and my ski trail pass. I had to figure out how to get the boot attached to the darn skis - but with a little help I was off! We went for about an hour and half along some beautiful trails as the snow fell. It was so much fun! Your couldn't wipe the smile off my face!! It was so exciting to be out there!! As soon as we were done we made plans for the next weekend to go again. This time our group grew to 5 and it was a sunny day with a little wind. Ahhhh thank goodness for UnderArmor! We made plans to go again next weekend! Now of course I want to get my own skis! We also plan on trying snowshoeing and one of the gals might even join me to learn how to downhill ski! Ahhhh winter...I might start to not mind you sticking around a little longer!! The beautiful trail!

Maybe one of these days I will try to do it free style but until then I will stick to the pre-made trail!
Some of the gals waiting for the rest of our group to get up the hill!

There's me! I can't wait to get out there again!!

Embracing