Day after Christmas

Jo and I had wanted to go hiking on Christmas day, but since we got a later start than we expected, we postponed it until the day after. On a whim, we decided to head up to the Allenspark trail, which we figured would provide some awesome snowshoing. So, after packing our gear, we hit the road and drove an hour or so to get to the trailhead. Roads were icey and dicey, so it took us longer to get there than what we were expecting. The Jetta, as always, got us there safe and sound. I'm not sure my car would have made it...

And here's the trailhead. Notice the nice thick blanket of unbroken snow leading to it. Yup. Unbroken snow. Both of us were surprised that the trail hadn't been trampled yet, and even though I was a bit trepidatious, with a little prompting from Jo, we decided to be brave and just go for it.

Here we are, ready to go. Jo and I don't do bright colors. It's all about the black, baby...

The trail was clearly marked, even though it was covered up under fresh snow.

And, even though it was pristine when we got there, it didn't stay that way for long......

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It wasn't as bad as I expected. Blazing the trail can be incredibley tiring, but the snowshoes prevented us from sinking too far down, so it turned out to be alright.

Some random photos of the snow-covered woods...

We came across this little burrow along the trail. I wonder who made it, and where the critter is now.

Trail shot!

Here is a shot of Mt. Meeker out yonder, all covered with snow and looking pretty. Shortly after this we stopped for a quick lunch. Quick because it was very chilly when we weren't moving, and since there was no where to sit that wasn't covered in snow, we ate standing up.

We never take as many pictures going down as we do coming up, so after turning around we hiked back to the car and just talked and laughed. It was a good day.