What is trail sledding (also called backcountry sledding) you ask? It's heart pumping aerobic activity, adrenaline rush, family togetherness and breathtaking beauty in the free outdoors. It's simply awesome and it has become our family's preferred outdoor adventure for winter.

I wrote about it last winter when we first discovered this activity. Our family gives it a hearty 10 thumbs up.

And if the activity weren't enjoyable enough, during yesterday's excursion we had the privilege of meeting 4 youngish (younger than us) adults. They were daring enough, as young outdoorsy types often are, to take us up on our offer to try out our rockets for a ride. Meeting fellower adventurers is so much fun. And when they invite you, as their friends, to come visit the camp where they work to climb on the indoor climbing wall, well that's pretty cool too.

The winter woods, meeting new people, having fun adventures (think Sound of Music) "these are a few of our favorite things".

It was a very good day.

PS. You can be sure the photographer was sledding too, there just aren't any photos to prove it.