In March Elsa asked out of the blue if we wanted to go snowshoeing for the first time in many years.
It was a joy to spend a couple hours on a mild afternoon out in the woods of a local state park!
Then on April 21st we combined another outing with trip to choose lumber to be milled for our basement build-back. The world was extra beautiful with several inches of fresh snow covering what had mostly melted to mud.
Destination: Itasca State Park
Headwaters of the Mississippi River!
It had been more than 10 years since Elsa and I had visited this childhood haunt. But I couldn't forget tradition of getting my toes in the River no matter the temperature!
Another highlight was plowing our own path through the snow to get a look at the historic Clubhouse which Grandpa and Grandma rented for the whole family many years through the 1990s.
Then on to the Old Timer's Cabin on a favorite little hike across the bog.
What a joy! Neither of those special days would have been possible if we hadn't begun learning tools to heal our limbic system impairment and lower the chronic stress response which extra activity and exposures have triggered ever since our bodies crashed 9 years ago.
More recently, walks have been taken on our gravel road... sometimes only within the shelter of our tree line so the spring winds on the prairie don't blow us over!
5 Reasons to Take a Walk Outdoors:
#1 Breathe Fresh Air
#2 Stimulate Lymph Action
#3 Strengthen Eye/Brain Connections
#4 Make Discoveries [such as the moose tracks marching past our place in photo above!]
#5 Lower Stress & Boost Healing Hormones
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