Gift for a Single Mama

One of the best presents you can give a single mama is the gift of your time, a few hours for her to get away from her children and just breathe.  For Christmas this year (as well as just about every weekend that she comes to visit) TT gave me the gift of a few hours of kidless trail time.  Although I went out on the trails alone last year, this year Scott agreed to rent skis and give it a try and join me during sub zero temps for a Christmas Eve adventure through Perrot State Park.  We watched the forecast and waited until the temperature peeked up above zero and we donned neck gators and triple layers and attitudes of adventure, and we were rewarded with bright red cardinals and distant woodpeckers and lots of deer tracks and roadside turkeys.  When the first loop around the river view trail didn't seem like enough we circled up part of Brady's bluff trail and got treated to some challenging climbs and faster hills and enough laughter that I nearly wet my pants.  If the sun hadn't started to crawl to the horizon I might have made him tackle another loop.  Thank you, TT!