Fresh Air, Vitamin D, and a Little Exercise

Eme and I love spending time outdoors whether on vacation, close to home, winter, spring, summer, or fall. Yesterday (about 5 degrees with a stiff wind and sunny) we took advantage of an opportunity that REI and Fort Snelling State Park put forth for National Winter Trails Day.

 

We strapped on some snowshoes, courtesy of REI, and hiked around for a while with Eko. All three of us had a fantastic time! It was the first time I had been on snowshoes and it was a lot of fun! Eme had been on them before and was tromping around with Eko like a pro!

We snagged some free giveaways (thermal insoles and a winter hat) along with a warming fire and hot chocolate. 

But, perhaps, the highlight (for Eko at least) was learning how to Skijor. You can learn more about it here or here. We had both heard of it before but had never seen it done in person. They had different harnesses to try on so we slid one on Eko and took the introductory course. Eko seemed to pick it up pretty quick! Now all we need is our own harness!

Here Eko is connected to a tree. But if we were really Skijoring Eme would have skis on, Eko would be hooked up to her and they would work together skiing and pulling.

Once we had our fill of snowshoeing and Skijoring we packed up and headed out of the park. But before we snuck out we spied a wild turkey (I think) just hanging out by the side of the road.

What a great afternoon! Thanks to Gammie and Gamfie for watching Brianna for us while we spent some quality fun time with Eko.