Dan and I were both feeling still a little under the weather from our shingles shots… But we knew we’d feel better if we got outside. Today we decided to take the catamount Trail East from Bolton Notch Road.… We’ve known the trail was there but we never found it. Pleasant surprise it was a really beautiful wide trail with no one on it save the tracks a loan deer and some sort of big dog like creature…
The catamount trail shares some of its route with the VAST (Vermont Association of snow travelers) Snowmobile trails.… Well it’s not always peaceful to be hiking or skiing or snow mobiles… We certainly appreciate the care they put into putting these trails in and maintaining them.… We walked about 2 1/2 miles into the woods and it’s always surprising to see the road signs at the intersection of these trails.
It’s truly a parallel highway system in our state that’s only accessible on skis or snow machines… I always think of it like our lymphatic system… The more invisible cousin of our arteries and veins.…
One thing we noticed at one of the ‘major’ Intersections (if you can call it a major intersection when the only person passing through it in the last three days with us)… Was this bin full of trash… It’s interesting to note that it’s all beer cans… Makes you want to be really really careful when you’re out here during active Snowmobile season
Diane and I both felt pretty crummy today… The pharmacist said that would happen on the second shingles shot. We had really sore arms and eggs and a little bit a fever. We’re all better this evening.… We did manage to get out on a hike at this time ‘Kyle was able to join us at a safe distance. She still quarantining for another day. We took a quick hike at Robin’s mountain… It was so beautiful
This mountain is literally our backyard. Less than a quarter of a mile from our house we had this view
Today was my last working day for the year… Which was kind of nice. We snuck out around noon for a quick hike up Libby’s look… It was in a very low teens so there wasn’t anybody else out hiking. Perfect time to do it
Diane and I had a date night tonight. We decided to go into Williston to get our second shingles shot and pick up sushi. You know it’s a weird night when you choose to go get a shot as your fun night on the town.
I have to say that the folks at the Cvs and Williston did a nice job at making us feel welcome. They had the place decorated with Christmas lights that were in little pill bottles. Too cute !
I’ll spare you the picture of the shots themselves… But the guy there does such a nice job. They don’t hurt until the next day.
Here’s our celebratory sushi… Along with Diane’s badge of honor for her successful shingles shot
Shingle bells… I kind a like that puts me at Christmas spirit. !
It’s the last night of Hanukkah… It’s not a holiday I paid too much attention to usually… But this year the lights seem particularly bright and welcoming to me.… I guess we all need a little sparkle
I just caught the last one going out… It’ll be getting lighter soon
