North Woods River Runner: Reflection In The Snow

Monday, January 15, 2018

Reflection In The Snow

This afternoon it finally snowed enough for me to break out my cross-country skis. I went out to a local forest preserve to hit their trails. From the look of the tracks, only one other person had been out there before me, and we actually went in separate directions after the first mile. In the open areas along the prairies the snow was deep enough to get a glide going with each push forward. In the hilly, wooded areas, where it was a little more protected, there was a little less snow. The depth of the snow would have been more than sufficient with a base of some sort, but without it my skies often times caught bare ground underneath. The result was a live demonstration of several of Newton’s Laws of Motion. An object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by a force (skis stick, body lurches forward). For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction (body falls forward and slams into the ground, air is forced from lungs).

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Anyways, this day is not so much about me, as it was to reflect on simply being outside. While skiing I reflected on our time together as a family over the holidays. I also thought about the two separate times I took both of my kids out to the woods. It was a time to connect, cook a meal, and share an experience together. It’s something that helps me see the passage of time, the progress made, and the growth that is happening before my very eyes.

Enjoy the pictures and videos of our adventures; first with Todd on Thursday, December 28^th before he left to go overseas, and then with Jodi on Sunday, January 7^th before she went back to college.

See you along The Way…