Not sure where to vent this, so it goes here. First we were going to x country ski today. But then we got lazy, didn't want to drive out to western MA or up to NH. The local area was sure to have bad conditions. Since it was predicted to be 42 degrees, we decided to ride. At noon, it was warm enough, but I got sort of nervous of all of the stuff on the road. So, I decided we should go to this wildlife refuge that is fairly new. It used to be an Army artillery range, but they left about 5 years ago. It's near some nice forests and a river. I know it's flat and people ski/snow shoe there. Given the fact we've had melting and refreezing I wasn't sure about skiing and I didn't think there would be enough snow so we would need snow shoes. I wanted to just bring the skis in the car, on the off chance it was good, but we ended up not doing that, planning on a hike.
OK, it was fine for skiing and even had pretty good tracks. There was hardly anyone there. The snow was just mushy enough beside the tracks that you sunk down and every time I lifted my boots, it felt like a lead weight.
So, I missed out on a good ski (even though it was flat and boring in that respect) and a snow shoe. On the bright side, I felt liked I really worked for those 3.4 miles! Still, it's going to pour tonight and tomorrow and the snow will be gone...