Well, we Beards think we might have found the formula for us surviving winter in the Pacific Northwest. We’ve had a lot of recommendations for keeping the winter blues at bay: finding sun (lots of trips to Hawaii were proposed), full spectrum happy lights, going out to eat often, exercising despite the weather. However, snowshoeing above the gray and gloomy weather might just do it for us!  Last weekend we tried our first snowshoe at the Summit at Snoqualmie, guided by the US Forest Service Rangers. For a small donation, we were able to borrow snowshoes and be guided on a 60-minute interpretive walk. Snowshoeing is amazing to us because it really felt just like walking and allowed us to get in the places you couldn’t otherwise (12′ off the ground in most places!) in a blanket of beautiful white snow.

Photos courtesy of DyAnne.