Seasonal Adventure Disorder

January was pretty dry in the blogging department. There were a couple of reasons, but the main thing is that we've been keeping our daughter out of the cold. There have been several good, sunny 40 degree afternoons that would have been great for hiking but since our primary interests run in the mountain trails, we've been taking a little sabbatical.

We took a hike up at Mt Falcon Open Space in early January that was almost a total disaster. We were dressed warmly enough, but were hiking without snowshoes. We got stuck in snow drifts that were literally waist deep and had to climb rather unceremoniously out. My pants were completely soaked and then it started to snow. My wife faired a little better than I did since she weighs less and was not carrying the extra 45 pound toddler. By the time we got back on track and struck the main trail, it was completely obscured by fresh snowfall. If we had not been pretty familiar with the park, we would have been totally lost.

Snowshoeing is on our list of things to try next winter. Until then, we are sticking to the low elevation trails that we're familiar with and driving trips. When the spring comes, we'll jump back in with both feet.