{"id":15733,"date":"2017-01-26T11:04:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=15733"},"modified":"2017-01-26T11:40:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:40:27","slug":"snow-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/snow-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I am lost in life, I seek the forests of British Columbia &<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

when I am lost in the forests of British Columbia, I am home.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/div>-Mix Hart<\/h4>\n
Snow Tracks, Cedar Trees, Mix Hart, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A winter forest walk is like visiting a stunning, pristine foreign country with shy, yet welcoming inhabitants. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Cedar trees relax their branches and snow thumps to the ground in greeting. Lynx, moose, rabbit, coyotes and deer walk the trails before me; I follow their tracks, humbled by the knowledge that this is their beautiful home and I am a guest.<\/p>\n

Snow Tracks, Bob Cat, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I went snowshoeing this past weekend with my youngest daughter and a friend. \u00a0<\/em>We snowshoed through a part of the Earth’s one and only, Inland Temperate Rainforest. To snowshoe amongst tall cedar trees is unbelievably peaceful and the winter air smells delicious.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>The girls were troopers. We snowshoed for just over 2 hours, only stopping to have a hot cocoa break in the forest.<\/p>\n

Snow Tracks, Inland Temperate Rainforest, BC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We hiked at a low enough elevation (Telemark Trails above West Kelowna) that wildlife tracks were everywhere! We had so much fun trying to identify all of the prints.<\/strong> At one point, the trail kept climbing up for what seemed like forever and I feared we may have followed the wrong path–but no, we’d just taken an extended extra trail loop.<\/p>\n

Snow Tacks, Winter Moss, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is nothing more Zen and peaceful than being in the middle of a winter forest.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The girls and I decided that we’re going to purchase snowshoes and take to the winter forests regularly.<\/p>\n

Snow Tracks, Mix Hart, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yes, sadly, the snowshoeing hurt my injured foot but I am at the point where\u00a0my mind needs to get lost in a BC forest and “foot or no foot,” I am going to do it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The British Columbian forests have been my home since I was one month old. <\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no place on Earth like them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Snow Tracks, Rabbit, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Snow Tracks, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The girls decide to the a short rest in their comfy snow beds 🐰<\/p>\n

Snow Tracks, Snow Bed, Mix Hart, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Deer Tracks, Snow tracks, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Snow Tracks, Hot Cocoa, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Snow Tracks, Winter Den, Mix Hart<\/p>\n

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Snow Tracks, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There’s no place like home…<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

-Mix Hart A winter forest walk is like visiting a stunning, pristine foreign country with shy, yet welcoming inhabitants. Cedar trees relax their branches and snow thumps to the ground in greeting. Lynx, moose, rabbit, coyotes and deer walk the … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2204,104,121,1805],"tags":[3414,3157,3413,3415,3417,3416,3349,421,3411,3412,1123],"class_list":["post-15733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","category-fitness","category-mindfulness","category-travelandadventure","tag-canadianwinter","tag-explorebc","tag-explorecanada","tag-livewild","tag-snowtracks","tag-wildernessculture","tag-earths-only-inland-temperate-rainforest","tag-snow","tag-snowshoe","tag-snowshoeing","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t