Skiing in My Back Yard

I’ve been shoveling so much snow I feel like The Old Man and the Sea, the Hemingway book where the old man battles the sea and the sharks to try to bring this great big fish home.

Anyway, one way to shake winter blues is to get out in it. When I heard it was going to thaw and then freeze, I decided to make a ski track down to the river — about two miles. Once you get it packed down, you can really zip along.