Its been a long time since I've seen me some woods! Wow, has it really been 3 months! Not planning every weekend around the weather means you lose track of the days I guess. Not a bad hibernation, the Patriots finished 14-2, my gamerscore on the Xbox is up over 30 thousand, and my knee has had a chance to heal a little before I ride it into the ground again. The wife and I just bought our first pairs of snowshoes! Really pumped about trying them out this weekend, probably end up taking the dog back to Bear Brook, pick things up where I left off.
The dog knows what season it is. First sign of a flurry and she's scratching at the door, ready to flip me on my ass in the icy streets of Manchvegas. I think we're finally ready to roll this year, last year Zelda didn't see a lot of snow cause I never had the right gear. This Xmas brought in a Coleman interchange ski jacket, EMS cold weather gloves, TUBBS Flex Alp 24 snowshoes, YakTrax traction aids and new Timberland all leather boots! My wife got me a Suunto Xlander watch with a barometer for altitude! I felt like a little kid again this Christmas, couldn't believe all the hiking gifts. I'll need some waterproof pants and something to protect my face (Zelda ate my goggles), but I've almost got my full winter kit together! Finally!
Everything goes well this weekend I've got some serious scheduling to do, get myself ready for the real hiking when my brother gets back from Iraq. Probably getting back into the weekly postings on here too, see if we can't move that number 12 off the front page finally. Tommy Touchdown's jersey # needs to go, as sad as that will be it must happen. Tom if you're reading this I love you. Like Mark Wahlberg in that crush movie love. mmmmm
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