Well, I've been anchored down here in Yreka for almost a year now since my return from my four-month road trip, and I find myself fully immersed in animal rescue in my off hours. It helps to serve two purposes, I'm helping homeless animals, but it also allows me to get as much exercise as possible walking dogs 5 times a week.
All of this activity at the shelter is great, but one must also look to completely unplug on a regular basis. I love hiking and exploring, but this time of year, with snow on the ground in much of the environment around us, "Hiking" is not always something easily accomplished.
At least once a month, I make a trip to Medford Oregon to obtain some bulk supplies like dog food, granola bars and breakfast cereal. Just prior to Christmas, I was at the Medford Costco, and found that they had, as part of their winter apparel, Snowshoes. I thought to myself, I've always wanted to try snow shoeing. They were only $70 for the set, but I thought, It's the holidays, I need to worry about others more than worrying about myself. On my January trip to Costco, I wandered past the Snowshoe display again, and I thought "What the heck, let's get a set".
Since then, I have been out twice to snowshoe, and it has been a wonderful experience. I went once to Castle Lake which is northwest of Castle Crags and also up to Goosenest, a collapsed cinder cone from an ancient volcano in the eastern part of Siskiyou County. I have had a blast both times.
Black butte covered in snow on the way to Castle Lake!
Goosenest from a distance
Here are links to videos for both of these experiences.
Here is the video from the Castle Lake snow shoeing trip.
Here is the video from the Goosenest trip.
Safe travels all!
Remi and Eric
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