Friday, December 19, 2008

Three Feet of Powder!

Yesterday - in the midst of a continuing snow storm, Helen and I went on our "Snowshoeing 101" trip with the "Silver Striders". A woman here in Bend has a company that specializes in taking people 50+ snowshoeing.

The area we went to was one of the "snow parks" just adjacent to the Mt. Bachelor skiing area. There was THREE FEET of new powder, and despite me having a rented snowshoe with a binding that was partially broken we had a great time. The round-trip was only 1.5 miles, and the scenery was beautiful!

Helen on the trail...


Lunch Time! We sat on mats that we brought along on our packs. Here is Helen enjoying the moment...


And Mr. Bill...


We rode out to the area with Jack & Julie, nice folks that we had great conversation with on the road. Here they are at lunch...


Pam is the owner and trail breaker - she's in front with her assistant Jim in the background...


And the other member of the group - Kermit...

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