Met up with my old friends, Wuzzam and the Old Goat, to snowshoe a bit in Shenipsit State Forest.  Our plan was to run along the snow-covered road from just below the tower on Gulf Road to Route 83, but the combination of little snow-depth, many loose rocks underneath, and the brilliance of someone driving a four-wheel drive up and down along the road made things sketchy from about a mile after the Parker/Webster four-way.  At that point, we left the road and hit some single-track.

It seemed like we were in the low twenties, but with the bright sun shining down on us we didn't feel any negative feelings of cold.  Ended the day with 10-miles on the snowshoes, which nade all of us pretty happy.

Nicely maintained sign in the parking area

 Friends just below the Soapstone Tower

From the Archives...  On this day in 1995, the 1st Moby Dick Marathons were held.  This was my 5th marathon, with the 28-miles completed in 5:01:00.

It seemed like a good idea, but there are reasons why the event didn't last, especially as a 28 or 30 miler.  Bitter cold, difficult, no aid,  February on Greylock....  seems like there would be many additional "whys".

This run was really special for me, it cemented my friendship with Paul.  We ran the entire event together, and began to dream up our snowshoe series.  Paul and I ended up roaming the woods together for a very long time, we see the same things in nature.