This was not a day hike.

My Buddy Jon’s passion for it was the catalyst. He’d been talking about his hikes for as long as I’ve known him and he asked me if I wanted to do an overnight winter hike with him. We had done a day hike last summer and I said sure, I always wanted to do it (plus I kept up better than just fine in the day hike). I’m here to say now, a day hike IS NOT A 28 mile, two day hike with a 35lb+ pack on with freshly fallen snow.