Cara's Dream Come True

So for as long as I've known Cara, she's always wanted to go snowshoeing, but has never been able to find someone to take her. I snowshoed once, back when I was, like, 9, and all I remembered was that it was suspiciously similar to hiking, except colder and slightly bowlegged. As luck would have it, though, it is also true that for as long as I've known my dad, he has also wanted to go snowshoeing, but could never find someone willing to go with him. Well, last week was a match made in heaven! I decided to go to, in case it turned out to be funner that I remembered.

And it was! We went up northwest of Fort Collins to Cameron Pass, where they had 3 feet of snow and perfect weather. We went for about 4 miles total, which doesn't sound like a lot, but that's just about long enough when you have tennis-racket things strapped to your feet.

Here we are all ready to go:


Cara and my dad, an action shot:


Yeah for Colorado! It was so pretty up there:


And for those of you who only tune in to see Layla, here she is eating a wood thing.