Winter Wonderland

Since my resolve to stop hating on winter, I’ve made sure to take advantage of this long, long season by enjoying the outdoors!

I got two more snowshoeing adventures in this weekend! I skipped my long run in favor of two short snowshoe treks, the first of which was in the Albany Pine Bush!

I drove to the trailhead for Blueberry Hill East Loops, located off of Washington Ave Extension in Albany, grabbed a trail map and set off. I hiked the red and yellow trail loops for a total of 2.5 miles. It was short, but felt like I went a lot further! I have never been to this part of the Pine Bush. It was nice but very close to residential neighborhoods–it felt like I was walking through their backyard! I’m going to make use of these trails when the weather warms up to get in some trail running.

So peaceful.

Today Chris and I went to Thacher Park for some more snowshoeing! I have actually never been to Thacher in the winter, and I cannot believe I waited so long. It was gorgeous! We parked at the Paint Mine Lot and then wandered around the trails, totaling about 2.7 miles in about 2 hours.

Hope you got out to enjoy the outdoors this weekend!