This past Sunday, Katherine and I got out for a little wander through the local winter wonderland.
a quickr pickr post
It was a mixture of the old and new……Katherine rode in the sleigh that my folks pulled me around in and I wore the brand-new snowshoes I got for my birthday.
These shoes are great things. They’re made locally by Bear Paw Snowshoes from inner tubes and fishing twine. They’re bright orange, which is cool, and keep you up out of the snowdrifts, which is important. They’re easy to walk in and narrow enough that you don’t develop that bowlegged stance that makes everyone think you’re AWOL from the local cavalry platoon (do they even have cavalry platoons anymore in this country?).
The sleigh is an old wooden one, with steam-bent runners and a little cradle at the back to keep the young’uns safe. Katherine loved it.
There’s a delightful peace in the winter woods, with the only noise being the tramp of your feet and the shrush of the sleigh runners over the snow.
We had a snack, made snow angels, and came home again for hot chocolate. Yum.
(skipping and dancing) And they were gone for almost three hours!!!!! Woo-hoo!!! Bring on the snowshoes!
The are cavalry platoons, but like the United States they ride Leopards and Coyotes, among other things, and they’re gone Medieval, being Armoured and all.
Ah, the good old days of horses and iron men with cast-iron butts. I guess there’s still the Mounties Musical Ride.
Walking through quiet woods is amazingly tranquil. It sounds like you had a lot of fun. How much snow is down near Torbay?