Day Five: Snowshoes

by Zack Eustis

Day 5

I picked the warmest morning of the winter to snow shoe to work. I didn't do this on purpose but when you're handed a pair of snow shoes from your mother, dammit you wear them to work as soon as possible. The snow shoes were more difficult to fasten then I figured they would be so I latched up the two straps that go over the front of my feet and left the heel strap unfastened. One shoe briefly fell off, but besides that my walk was unhindered by the strap issue. All of the snow and ice is pretty much gone from the sidewalks now, so I took to the boulevard for the first section of my journey. The patrollers were not in their usual place, as they were posing across the street for a photo op for one of their Mom's. We shouted "hello!" to each other but that was our only interaction. The shoes allowed me to navigate down a slope that I usually can't take because of the depth of the snow, which made up for a couple of the minutes I lost because of how long it takes to walk in snow shoes. I walked in the snow shoes until I made it to the gravel entrance, and not wanting to destroy my mother's snow shoes, I took off the snow shoes and put them in a safe snow show hiding place in the school. Today set the record for most questions I've been asked about my commute but I guess carrying a pair of snow shoes into an elementary school will do that.

There were no "that's what she said's" today (of course once I start documenting them they stop happening) but I did finally break down and tell one of my co-workers about the challenge (I was late for bus duty this morning and felt she deserved an explanation.) I still haven't asked anyone about car pooling but that will be my goal for next week. Thanks for all of the great suggestions and make sure to check back in next week for day 6!