Get Outside and Explore

 

This weekends challenge was to get outside and explore. Going for a hike is a great fun activity for me that I really enjoy, and I can do it by myself. I would have loved to have done another activity like snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, tobogganing, tubing... I would have enjoyed it all. I don't have the equipment to do those however, and some of those the facilities are not open because of COVID , and they are better with company. Mary Jane has been trying to encourage me to try walking through town. Since this is supposed to be a challenge, and this is something I hadn't pushed myself to do because it didn't sound that great in my mind, this was the time to try that. I went for a half hour walk and realized this part of town does not have a lot of sidewalks. Driving through town today, I realize there are a few more sidewalks but a number of them are not cleared of snow. It's also noisy and more peopley than I like. One of the things I like about hiking is that I can either tune things out and enjoy the beauty of nature or just have the time to process thoughts in my mind without distractions. That said I wanted some enjoyable outdoor time so I went and hiked the Morrison MacNaughton trail and set a nice fast pace, a little faster than I did it this summer (5.0 km/hr vs 4.9 km/hr). The trail was great, not slippery at all and fast enough to keep my heart rate up and be a bit of a workout.