Although January 1st doesn't mark any significant event in the natural world, I still get excited whenever New Year's Day comes around. I love the feelings of new beginnings, fresh starts and clean slates.
My intention was to spend the New Year celebrating with some friends in the Catskills. Unfortunately, the snow on Dec. 31 and the cold weather that followed made this impossible. The windshield washer fluid froze as it was coming out of the sprayer, and I realized that the trip to the mountains might not be such a good idea this time. So my husband, my best friend and I enjoyed a quiet Eve at home. On New Year's Day, we ventured out into the cold (10 degrees) for snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.
I had never been to Wendell State Park before, and it seemed appropriate to have new experiences on the first day of 2009. Julie had never been on snowshoes before, either! Luckily, the trails were very easy to follow and we had a great time breathing the fresh air and looking for animal tracks (the best one was a mouse track with the tail line still visible).
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