Good morning, Founding Members.
We find ourselves at that delicious place between enjoying our favorite time of the year and preparing for our next marathon expedition. There’s a sweet tension to it.
Half of me wishes to nest as the nights swell and daylight shrinks, and time spent in the kitchen is so rewarding. Meanwhile, there is a coming adventure, and the excitement builds as I’m pulled toward the open road.
The reality is, though, if we stay home beyond the holidays, we find ourselves trapped. The ski crowd is a different bunch. It’s moneyed and more entitled than the visitors in other seasons. Besides that, there are fewer and fewer places to take a simple two or three-mile walk when the big snow comes.
We used to pay $50 annually to trek a small set of trails (less than 4 miles) because they were groomed and dogs were allowed off-leash. However, once the COVID migration began and city folk sought safety and clean air (I don’t blame them), complaints about dogs running freely gre…
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