I hereby revoke 90% of the American population’s right to talk about cabin fever. What gives me this right you ask? Let’s look at the facts:
- The Twin Cities area saw NEGATIVE fifty, not once, not twice, but at least THREE times this winter.
- Tomorrow is APRIL 4th, and we are expecting a foot of snow.
- Your winter doesn’t count until you get stuck in a blizzard. If you don’t even get blizzards less room for complaining.
- Frost bite is considered an inevitable fashion statement for grocery shopping. (If you can’t meet this one too, no whining for you)
Having said that, this girl is going CRAZY! It’s been such a long winter. Now that it’s actually hitting above freezing, I’ve been getting my happy little (ok not so little) ass outside for some awesome sunshine. You know you’ve got it bad when 33 degrees feels like a heat wave.
THIS is what water looks like. Who knew?My suicide prevention walk is in 2 and a half months, which means I have to be able to hobble at least 16 miles by then. (aka this girl has some work to do) Mr. Crunchy and I decided to head out for a walk and get a little adventurous. My legs haven’t seen hills since God was a boy, so it was time to challenge myself.
Everything started out great. There were a few puddles here and there; some snow and ice on the ground. It decided to get interesting when I figured we should head down a hill side to get to a lower trail. Keep in mind I have NO calf strength in my one leg because of my achilles injury. Couple with the fact this hillside is full of shale rock, mud, and other goodies, I should’ve known it was a journey bound for disaster. It just wasn’t obvious who (or what) was going to be the victim of this trek.
Here I am gingerly heading down this hill, and things are going great. That’s until my over the shoulder purse decides to flip around. It was like a rocket launcher over my head, and of course what is the ONE thing that flies out but my Windows phone. Not only does it fly out of my purse, but it football spikes on the biggest shale rock for what seems to be miles around. (This is totally my luck) There it is laying screen down in the middle of this huge rock, and I totally know it’s done for. (Hope my AT&T rep isn’t reading this)
When I finally got down to the rock where my phone lay, it was truly a miracle of the cell phone gods that the screen was actually NOT cracked. Thank you Nokia Lumia gorilla glass! Needless to say Mr. Crunchy thought this was hysterical. He seems to think that only I have such shenanigans occur. (Ok, at this point I agree he might have a point)
Just loved the texture on this old tree. Ok, I know I am weird!Proof my cell phone didn’t die? Check out some of the cool things we found on our trip. I’m so excited to actually see small buds on the trees and bulbs coming out of the ground (even though I have NO idea what the heck these are). After a winter like this, I deserve to do some dancing to Eye of the Tiger ala Rocky, at minimum we at least deserve a drink or two because this year was BRUTAL, BRUTAL I tell ya.
These bulbs were everywhere. Anyone know what they are?
Jenna Wood says
My heart skipped a beat for your cellphone- got to love Gorilla Glass! Hope you’re walking those 16 miles in no time!
Liz says
Oh man … I thought we in Michigan had it bad this winter, but you win! They’re predicting 1-3 inches of snow for tomorrow though. One day it WAS -14 and my car didn’t start. 🙁
Ashley Sears says
Girl, snow should be banned in the months of April, May or later! Hope you are done with snow for the year too!
Amber K says
I’m loving the pictures! And I’m glad your cell didn’t die 🙂
OurFamilyWorld says
Negative 50? Holy cow, that’s cold! We got down to maybe negative 10 here in the Poconos in PA. I hope you’re all done with snow finally!
Kelsey Apley says
Wow that waterfall is absolutely stunning!! Looks like a fun place to walk around, I love nature and your little spot looks perfect! Those bulbs look fun, I am not sure what they could be!
Tina @ My Highest Self says
Haha ohmygosh “my legs haven’t seen hills since God was a boy” THAT killed me!!! I really enjoyed this post and feel the need to pin all of these gorgeous photos! Thanks for a great read :).
LisaLisa says
Wow, I agree I thought we had it bad here in Michigan but you beat us by far!! Hope the weather gets better soon!
Andrea Kruse says
Lovely pics! I know it is no fun to be stuck indoors… but on the upside, I think it makes me notice and appreciate the beauty around me more when I finally can get out. I have no idea about the bulbs… hope someone knows.
Kayla @ TheEclecticElement says
I completely understand where you’re coming from on the Winter front…It hit -50s at LEAST 6 to 8 times this Winter. So much so that closing down the local schools was a weekly occurrence o.O When we hit a relatively warm temperature I was outside basking in the sunshine!!
It sounds like you’d be fun to take walks and hikes with. LOL Glad the phone held up! Oh, and BTW you’re not the only weird one-I’m known to stop if I see a tree I like and hug it.
Yes, I hug trees ^.^
Rebekah says
I can’t even imagine a winter like that! We have lived in Hawaii and Florida the last few years, but we are moving to Oregon this summer. I’m a little worried about next winter!
Patty says
The goats’ water buckets were all frozen over this morning and we have snow in our forecast for later this week so I feel your pain.
It looks like you had a delightful walk despite the lack of Spring…good luck with your training for your upcoming Suicide Prevention Walk.
saminder gumer says
these are some great pictures. i love the nature theme.