Snowshoeing

I was a little dubious about my ability to snowshoe, since our mantra is "Don't fall down," and I was afraid I might. After putting our snowshoes on, we discovered it wasn't too hard to walk. Some people didn't use poles, but since we always skied with poles, we decided to use them. The night was cloudy, but it was still quite bright, so we didn't need our lights on our hats. We were hoping for some auroras, but they were not to be had, unfortunately. We walked on a path and then through some deep powder snow until we reached a tepee with a fire that had been built by those who didn't want to walk through the powder.

Inside the tepee, we heard stories about Finland, reindeer, and snowshoeing, and we drank more hot blueberry juice and ate more cookies.

By the time we returned, we were a bit tired and my shoulder hurt, but other than that, we felt really good. The only thing that could have made it better was seeing an aurora, but that was not to be.