As The Crow Flies

It snowed an incredible amount last night and it was still coming down hard this morning. We probably got a foot of new powder. I put my propane tank in my backpack, strapped on my skis and headed down through state land to the little store to get it filled. I commented to the woman at the store that all this snow felt kind of festive but she said “No, it’s kind of fucked up, is what it is”.

I used my snow shoes for the way back. Man, I was tired. With the skis and full propane tank it was probably close to 50 lbs. Trudging up hill through all that new powder was so hard that I wanted to lay down in the snow and rest for awhile. By the time I got back, the propane tank had made a sore spot on my lower back. I need a pack board. I was looking at Luxurylite pack board. It’s really light but it’s sort of expensive.  Cabelas has a pack board that might be a less expensive solution. They have packboards ranging in price from 70 dollars to 120.00.