As promised, here's a small piece of our maiden snowshoe last week, complete with a 4pm-ish hazy sunset  through the trees. We're roughly a mile from our house here, and barely off campus--it's empowering, to me, that we're here up here in a world that allows and supports this kind of access to the deep and rough outdoors. Like I mentioned, we picked up these snowshoes just a week ago, and all it took was a trip to the University trails page and a ten-minute walk up the road before we were giving them a full workout.

I think I've said this here before, but the general spirit here seems one of resourcefulness; the tools and knowledge needed to survive within and engage the surroundings are readily available, and the lifestyle rewards heavily most everyone who seeks out them out. For the two of us, who take pleasure and satisfaction from our strength and resolve, and who strive to learn the variations and complexities of adulthood, it's a good place to be.