I'm walking along with my boots full of rocks...

It's been a LONG couple of weeks at work. REAL BUSY.
At least I had memories of a great weekend doing something new–snowshoeing for the first time! A friend of mine from work, Gerry, is really fun and likes to do stuff outside. So, Gerry suggested that we shoe the Tilly Jane trail on Mount Hood. Great day out, awesome cabin for rent at mile 3, real bad IT band flare-up–but worth the sleepless nights with bags of assorted frozen vegetables on my legs. Here's me taking a rest after kicking my own ass:


There's nothing like trudging through the woods on a clear day through snow-covered trees. If you stop every once in a while, you can hear clumps of snow dropping from high perches and the sound of snowy, misty wind that looks like fairy dust whipping around your body.

You can see where someone backcountry skiied down this trail. :) Hopefully my next photos will be of Washington–my mom's sister, my aunt rose, lives in Port Orchard, about three hours from Hood River. Port Orchard is just a fairy ride away from Seattle. :)