A hike and a LO

I should have posted this last week, I guess I'm getting lazy in my old age...[snicker snicker]

First of all, Brian, "Poppyseed" Pam and I decided to go up the backside of Buck Mtn. on Thursday (Jan 29) from Shelving Rock Rd...again. We did this same hike in November. It is a short one, 5 miles round trip. It is really nice--starts off with a gentle roll, begins to climb and then ends with a short steep climb. The last person to sign the register did so on Jan 20th, so there was some trail breaking to do since we got about 8 to 9 inches of snow the day before. Brian did most of it, especially near the steep parts and Pam did some too. I didn't do any. My job was to squash down the snow, ensure a nice semi-smoth trail on the way out :) . Pam and I decided to ditch our jackets maybe a mile in and go up in fleece. I was pretty comfortable and stayed warm as long as I was moving. I'm not sure what the temp was, maybe in the 20's that day. It was a little comical as we were trying to ascend some of the snowy-rocky spots. Pam went in up to her knees a few times---ok, I did too. Not to mention We moved along at a good pace and reach the summit. Lake George looked good and frozen to me. It was a little overcast near Gore, but other than that, the view was great. We had a leisurely lunch and hot chocolate...and we think we spotted an eagle flying out of the tree line. I wasn't sure at first what it was---too big for a hawk, too brown to be a raven, defintely not an osprey. Anyhoo, we took some video, packed up and headed down. We were back at the truck by 2:15....not bad (for me) 5 miles of snowshoeing in 4.25 hours. I could have trimmed off 30 minutes but my right upper thigh/groin pull was starting to act up.

I could wait to get back home from snowshoeing so I could finish and post this LO. I have had some heritage pics sitting in my hard drive for a while and couldn't wait to do this one. This is my MIL's great great grandfather, Columbus W. Hxxxxxx. I had some basic information on him but was curious to find out a few details about his time in the Union Army. I spent a few hours googling military databases was successful--found enlistment date, muster dates, regiment and company numbers. The paper under the photos was a printed copy of battlefield/casualty report from the 92nd Regiment. The title is borrowed from the first line of "Taps". I wanted this to reflect a Civil War era feeling. Patterned Paper (Cosmo Cricket), Foam stamps (MM), Acrylic stamps (Studio G), Ink (Staz-on, TH Distress Ink, Rub-ons (Marcella-K&Co), Metal frame unknown.

I hope to scrap a few more heritage pages soon~~