Snowshoed with WI on Cañada Bonita Trail. There were six XC skiers. Four of them, including Faye and David, made it out to the old VCNP fence in the meadow and then turned around because of the fierce winds and wind-whipped ground snow (not fierce enough to call a ground blizzard but daunting and strong enough to partially fill in our tracks). One of the skiers, Barbara, was very strong and was still headed out toward the Pipeline Road Overlook. Another, Leon, was skiing by himself.
There were nine snowshoers. Two, Ginny and Mahlon (and their dog, Jake), started late and I don't know how far they went. Four made it to the edge of the meadow. One more only went as far as the old VCNP fence and then said she'd wait for us in the trees while Kathy and I continued on. We went through the meadow, just to the top of the ridge and then turned around for four miles RT.
On the way back, we accidentally turned off on Nordic trail L so if Annette was waiting for us in the trees, we missed her. We didn't realize our mistake (we were yakking away!) until we saw Leon. At first, it still didn't dawn on us what we'd done and we asked if he had seen Annette. Then, with embarrassment and concern for Annette, we cut through the woods a short distance to get back to the snowshoer-legal meadow trail. We then back-tracked to where we had made the wrong turn to see if we could find Annette but couldn't. I don't know her phone number but sent her an email apologizing. I said in the email that perhaps our brains were addled by our exertion! I certainly hope she made it back all right.
If I heard right and did the math correctly, Kathy is 72 years old. She did wonderful! I enjoyed talking with her on the way back.
When we were almost back, I heard a skier behind us say she'd pass on my left and I absolutely froze! Fortunately, she was an excellent skier and managed to go by me in the narrow space.
Going to daughter's for dinner tonight. She has promised me vegetables including potatoes and cabbage - yum, yum! She and grandson will come over to our house tomorrow for pizza.