Merry Christmas and This Is Why We Moved Here!

Merry Christmas everyone! As many of you back home in Texas were enjoying a true white Christmas, we were wondering where all of our snow has gone. All that is left of our foot's worth of powdery snow is a 1/2 inch in some places, a few solid ice puddles, and bare ground in other places. I won't complain too much as I know it could be the exact opposite....we could have feet upon feet of snow and our Christmas could have been spent shoveling and plowing. Instead our Christmas was spent in the company of new friends and delicious food and enjoying our Christmas presents from each other.

For Christmas we got each other snowshoes. On Christmas Eve day, we set out to find deeper snow in the higher elevations, enjoy the gorgeous sun-shiny day, and try out our new gear on some of the snowshoeing trails in the area. We snowshoed for over 2 miles where we were the only ones on the trail. We saw a glorious sunset and even saw the peaks of the North Cascades in the distance. Now, aside from the lack of snow in the valley, I have no excuse not to get out and get some exercise this winter. All in all, we had a blast and can't wait to go again. We plan on exploring all that we can on our snowshoes this winter, provided we finally get some of that white stuff on which to do it. As we were snowshoeing along, marveling at the sheer beauty of the winter scenery, I couldn't help but think that this was why we moved here. We moved to the mountains to do just this and more! I felt like we were living our dream and I loved every minute of it! Following are some pics from our first snowshoeing adventure. Now I am off to pack for my big TX trip. Hope to see some of you soon!! Pray the weather stays clear and I have safe travels to and from TX. Love to everyone this holiday season!