#WEOUTSIDE is back! After another great summer, we’re all set for another great winter. Our first outing in January was to Inland Woods + Trails winter trail network at the Bethel Inn. IWT has been a wonderful partner for the #WEOUTSIDE program – you may recall the summer trip to mountain bike on these same trails. This time, we were able to use IWT’s ample supply of nordic skis to get out on the trails system and give it a go on the skinnies. As you can see, kids were falling down. BUT you can also see that everybody got the hang of it and was out for the whole first half of the day, practicing and racing around.
After a break in the warming hut for some delicious pizza from the Rusty Lantern gas station down the road
, we had a fork in the road – more ski or fat tire biking? How about both? A group of the boys commandeered whatever rental bikes were in the shop and headed out. With trails extending into the woods, we knew they would get lost but that was ok since there was a competent volunteer with them. Others continued skiiing, including a few who stayed out even when it started snowing.Before getting back into the van, there was a massive snowball fight to celebrate the day. It was a great one!