Phewwww, didn't know if I was going to get out before the end of the weekend but I did and it was so great!! Antonia begged me to not make her go, Sam wanted to go but had a basketball game and Adam was coaching it. Antonia went as far as offering to go snow shoeing on the aqueduct instead, desperate to get out of the bigger adventure. Not this time!!
I had my plan and execute solo I did. I was at the Preserve in the past, having visited at Stone Barn, and also went out around Swan lake with my sis and neice last year on our first snowshoeing excursion together. Today it was just me, the woods, the brook, and the snow. I traveled in my boots through the yester snow fall along the Ridge Trail, uphill and meandered back through the Brook Trail. Both were spectacularly peaceful and near empty at 2pm. It was cold and the snow was unscathed but for the light footprints of hikers and parallel impressions of cross country skiers. I stopped often to listen to the water that would not stop for me. I missed not having Cooper or Bingo with me but I don't know that their paws are as resilient as those of the dogs I encountered on my walk.
I had already gone about 2 miles when I decided to not resist the Old Rail Road Bed and Peaceful Path. I will do my best to upload some photos I took on my phone because it really was tranquil to the max. I trudged through the snow imagining past generations doing a similar trek in the winter months on their way to school...as so many have regaled us grandchildren with tales of. I hope that they enjoyed their journeys as much as I did.
http://nysparks.com/parks/attachments/RockefellerRockefellerStateParkBrochureandMap.pdf this one!!! Map of Rockefeller Trails
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