We cross-county skied many years ago as college and graduate students. This was vacation recreational skiing, although we did acquire skis and leather x-c boots along the way.
This was close to 40 years ago. More than that for my college x-c ski excursions.
So buying new x-c skis and modern boots yesterday started a new adventure.
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| modern x-c skis |
Thankfully, the regained skills (and muscles) from our Altai-Hok hybrid skis translated and we had a lovely time out in our nearby parc national du Bic, in spite of 0° F temperatures. There are nicely groomed x-c trails in the park and many greenways and park spaces nearby, which prompted our venture back into traditional x-c skiing.
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| View from the warming hut on the La Portage trail in parc national du Bic |
Our skis are incredibly light in weight, waxless with skins for grip, and with modern high tech boots — well, it was a whole different experience than 4 decades ago.
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| The Porc-épic warming hut has a great wood stove |
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| View from La Portage trail |
And the experience of being in the park -- winter or summer -- whether we're on skis, bikes, or walking, is always wonderful.
I'm totally tired tonight, but in a good way.
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