Winter Blues

You might say winter blues? But it's spring. Yes, according to the calendar it is spring but not according to the weather outside in Rochester. Last week we had great weather in the 40's and 50's during which we dog sat for my professor. It was great! We took the dogs out about every two hours and it was nice and warm. NOT THIS WEEK. The weather has plummeted back to winter around here, along with most of the Northeast. All the snow had melted and then on Tuesday we got a couple of inches. This weather has made us a little gloomy as we were hoping to start some warm spring hikes around town.

Our first camping trip is a little less than 30 days away and I'm starting to get worried that it isn't going to be warm enough. At least our first trip isn't to the Adirondacks so it might be a little warmer. Our first trip of the season is to Cooper's Town so Jessica can see the Baseball Hall of Fame and Howe Caverns for the first time. We're super excited and have been using extra money in the paychecks to stock up on needed camping gear for this year. The purchase I'm super pumped about is the new ax Jessica let me get. The one we had last season could chop a twig. There is a purchase that I'm even more excited about for camping but Ford/NYS has put it on hold so I'll update about that later.

One way that we are trying to fight this week’s weather blues is by trying to become better versions of ourselves. This doesn't directly relate to hiking or camping but it will help our bodies. We have recently read Skinny Bitch and we are attempting to try eating like Vegans. We haven't taken the complete plunge off of dairy yet but we have cut out meats. We are sick of putting junk in our bodies and with the long line of cancer in both of our families this is our latest attempt of avoiding the fate of our relatives (keep up the good fight Mrs. Akers.) By switching away from meat and highly processed food we are hoping to avoid additives that have been connected to cancer. We have switched to soy/rice milk (we are still trying to find our brand) and have cut out cheese. Along we no animal products we are shooting for an organic diet that is free of refined sugar and high fructose corn syrup. We'll see how long this lasts but for now we are super excited. Back in college I attempted to be a vegetarian for a while but really I just ate bread and junk the whole time. With the focus of cutting out white flour and highly processed food I think this time may stick.